Poser vs Loser - What's the difference?
poser | loser |
(British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
(pejorative, slang) A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others
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 nouns the difference between poser and loser
is that poser is a particularly difficult question or puzzle while loser is a person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.poser
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(en noun)See also
* faker * impostor * pretentiousAnagrams
* ----loser
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(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 .”