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suffer vs lose

lose vs suffer

suffer and lose both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
suffer No No Yes No
lose No No Yes No
As verbs, suffer and lose are synonyms defined as:
  • suffer and lose: be set at a disadvantage
As verbs, lose is a hyponym of suffer; that is, lose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than suffer:
  • suffer: experience (emotional) pain
  • lose: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
Other hyponyms of suffer include agonise, agonize, anguish, grieve, sorrow.
suffer (verb) lose (verb)
be in pain be set at a disadvantage
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) withdraw, as from reality
feel unwell or uncomfortable fail to win
get worse in quality suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
be set at a disadvantage allow to go out of sight or mind
put up with something or somebody unpleasant fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
experience (emotional) pain fail to get or obtain
feel physical pain miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
undergo or be subjected to fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
undergo or suffer fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
be given to
Difference between suffer and lose

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