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Dying vs Losing - What's the difference?

dying | losing |

As adjectives the difference between dying and losing

is that dying is approaching death; about to die; moribund while losing is that loses or lose, or has or have lost.

As nouns the difference between dying and losing

is that dying is (plurale tantum) those who are currently expiring, moribund while losing is the act by which something is lost.

As verbs the difference between dying and losing

is that dying is or dying can be (nonstandard) ) while losing is .

dying

English

(wikipedia dying)

Etymology 1

Adjective

(-)
  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
    • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
    dying fire
  • Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
    • In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
  • Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
    • His dying words were of his mother.
    until my dying day
    his dying bed
    Antonyms
    * nascent

    Noun

  • (plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
    • The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .
  • The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) )

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    losing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That loses or lose, or has or have lost.
    • Being on the losing team is disappointing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is lost.
  • * 1842 , The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (page 339)
    • We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.

    Verb

    (head)

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