Loss vs Gloss - What's the difference?
loss | gloss |
an instance of losing, such as a defeat
The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity.
the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone
(in the plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict
(financial) the sum an entity loses on balance
destruction, ruin
(engineering) electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work
(uncountable) A surface shine or luster/lustre
(uncountable, figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance
* Goldsmith
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
To give a gloss or sheen to.
To make (something) attractive by deception
* Philips
To become shiny.
(countable) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression, usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text.
* Hudibras
(countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
(countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
(rfv-sense) (countable) A deliberately misleading explanation.
(countable) A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
(countable, legal, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law
* 2007 Bruce R. Hopkins. The law of tax-exempt organizations.
* 1979 American Bar Foundation. Annotated code of professional responsibility .
As nouns the difference between loss and gloss
is that loss is (lus) while gloss is (uncountable) a surface shine or luster/lustre or gloss can be (countable) a foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.As a verb gloss is
to give a gloss or sheen to or gloss can be to add a gloss to (a text).loss
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(es)- The match ended in their first loss of the season.
- Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite.
- We mourn his loss .
- The battle was won, but losses were great.
- ''The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss , when this difference is positive.
- ''It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses
- The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss''' before the subsequent ' losses during transport over the grid
Usage notes
* We often use make' or ' take a loss. SeeAntonyms
* gain * win * (financial) profitDerived terms
* loss leader * loss ratio * at a loss * for a lossStatistics
*Anagrams
* ----gloss
English
Etymology 1
From a Germanic language, perhaps (etyl), (etyl) or (etyl) (compare ).Noun
- To me more dear, congenial to my heart, / One native charm than all the gloss of art.
- Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.
Synonyms
* (surface shine ): brilliance, gleam, luster/lustre, sheen, shine * (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance ): , front, veneerVerb
(es)- You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.
Synonyms
* (give a gloss or sheen to ): polish, shine * (make (something) attractive by deception ): * (become shiny ):Etymology 2
From .Noun
(wikipedia gloss) (es)- All this, without a gloss or comment, / He would unriddle in a moment.
- (Dryden)
p. 76
- Judicial Gloss on Test [section title]
p. ix
- This volume is thus not a narrowly defined treatment of the Code of Professional Responsibility but rather represents a "common law" gloss on it.