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Losing vs Hosing - What's the difference?

losing | hosing |

As nouns the difference between losing and hosing

is that losing is the act by which something is lost while hosing is a spraying or washing with a hose.

As verbs the difference between losing and hosing

is that losing is present participle of lang=en while hosing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective losing

is that loses or lose, or has or have lost.

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)

    • Anagrams

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    hosing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spraying or washing with a hose.