Closer vs Loser - What's the difference?
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, title= Someone or something that closes.
Someone or something that concludes.
The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
(baseball) A relief pitcher that specializes in getting the last three outs of the game. See
A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
Something of poor quality.
A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
(derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.
One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
* 1999 , Larry Medsker, ?Lakhmi C. Jain, Recurrent Neural Networks: Design and Applications (ISBN 0849371813), page 192:
* 2004 , Marianna S. Katona, Tales from the Berlin Wall: Recollections of Frequent Crossings (ISBN 3833404396):
* 2005', Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, ''The Biggest '''Loser : The Weight Loss Program to Transform Your Body, Health and Life (ISBN 13: 978-1-59486-384-4)
* 2009 , Jane Bryant Quinn, Making the Most of Your Money Now
* 2010 , Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost, One Byte at a Time (ISBN 0757313590), page 109:
As an adjective closer
is (close).As a noun closer
is someone or something that closes.As a verb loser is
.closer
English
Etymology 1
From close (adjective) + -erAdjective
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Etymology 2
From close (verb) + -erNoun
(en noun)- In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer .
- The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.
- (Gwilt)
- They brought their closer in for the ninth.
Anagrams
* English heteronymsloser
English
Noun
(en noun)- In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser .
- He was always a good loser .
- That dictionary is a loser !
- That guy is a born loser !
- I’m a constant loser in love.
- That person is a loser !
- Another way to speed search (in general) is to order or bias the hypothesis space based on some heuristic. Suppose you are a habitual car key loser and that you keep track of where your keys turn up after each search.
- But a West German reporting a lost passport in East Berlin during the years of the Wall was treated to a criminal investigation, with the passport loser as the potential criminal.
- You're counting on this insurance company to pay you a check many years in the future. But for some companies, disability coverage has been a money loser .
- You have to think of yourself as an already amazing person who's hiding behind extra weight—a superhero in a disguise. If you follow the program, change the message from “I'm a big loser” to “I'm a big weight loser .”