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Wuss vs Loser - What's the difference?

wuss | loser |

As verbs the difference between wuss and loser

is that wuss is while loser is .

As a noun wuss

is (slang) a weak or ineffectual person.

wuss

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (slang) A weak or ineffectual person.
  • * 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript
  • Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.''
  • * 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times At Ridgemont High (Screenplay)
  • Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy''
  • * 1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise Page 120
  • ...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut.
  • * 2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman Page 7
  • And finally, don't be a wuss . Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.
  • * 2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park Page 21
  • ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud.

    Synonyms

    * pansy, pushover, weakling, wimp

    Derived terms

    * wuss out

    Verb

    (es)
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    loser

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
  • In a two-horse race there is always one winner and one loser .
    He was always a good loser .
  • Something of poor quality.
  • That dictionary is a loser !
  • A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
  • That guy is a born loser !
    I’m a constant loser in love.
  • (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.
  • That person is a loser !
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • * 2004 , Marianna S. Katona, Tales from the Berlin Wall: Recollections of Frequent Crossings (ISBN 3833404396):
  • 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.
  • * 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
  • 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 .
  • * 2010 , Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost, One Byte at a Time (ISBN 0757313590), page 109:
  • 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) failure

    Antonyms

    * winner

    Derived terms

    * born loser * loser cruiser * loser sign * sore loser * three-time loser

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