take the count vs lose

take the count and lose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take the count	No	No	Yes	No
lose	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lose is a hypernym of take the count; that is, lose is a word with a broader meaning than take the count:

take the count (verb)	lose (verb)
be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten	be set at a disadvantage
	withdraw, as from reality
	fail to win
	suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
	allow to go out of sight or mind
	fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
	fail to get or obtain
	miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
	fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
	fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit