Loser vs Lame - What's the difference?
loser | lame |
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:
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
(by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
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* Shakespeare
(slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
(slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
(slang) Strangely corny or sweet to an extent.
to cause a person or animal to become lame
* 1877', Anna Sewell, ''Black Beauty'': And if you don't want to ' lame your horse you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.
* 1913 ,
As nouns the difference between loser and lame
is that loser is a person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive while lame is a lamina.As an adjective lame is
unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.As a verb lame is
to cause a person or animal to become lame.loser
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 .”
Synonyms
* (person who consistently loses) failureAntonyms
* winnerDerived terms
* born loser * loser cruiser * loser sign * sore loser * three-time loserAnagrams
* * * * * English agent nouns ----lame
English
(wikipedia lame)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a lame leg, arm or muscle
- a lame endeavour
- O, most lame and impotent conclusion!
- He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
- He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
- I told him not to bring me flowers, so he brought a bunch of carrots instead. It was lame but it made me smile.
Usage notes
Referring to a person without a disability as “lame” is offensive to many as it suggests a derogatory characterization of the physical condition from which the term was derived.Synonyms
* (sense, unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) crippled * (moving with difficulty) * (sense) hobbling, limping, inefficient, imperfect * (sense) unconvincing, unbelievable * uncool, unfunny, uninteresting, irrelevantAntonyms
* (sense, unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs) * (moving with difficulty) * (sense) efficient, perfect * (sense) convincing, believable * cool, funny, interesting, relevantDerived terms
* lame duck * lamage * lamebrain * lamely * lameness * lamestream * lame-oVerb
(lam)- Now her soul felt lamed in itself. It was her hope that was struck.
