Does anyone out there know the difference between 'lose' and 'loose'?

Question

Or 'looser' and 'loser'? And do they care? Because I do .....

Answer 1

Lose is opposite of win and loose is opposite of tight

Answer 2

What a looser...

Answer 3

Lose is when you have lost something and loose is when its not tight,if you know what I mean.

Answer 4

"lose" and "loser"  refers to the opposite of winning

"loose" and "looser" mean that something is not secure

Answer 5

lose is when you misplace something like i have lost my keys etc

loose is the opposite of tight like a baggy jumper would be loose

loser is an insult

looser is when u want something to be less tight

Answer 6

Lose = To lose your money gambling.

Loser = Someone who didn`t win.

Loose = The hinge on the door has become loose.

Loosen = I had to loosen the lace on my trainer as it was too tight.

There is no such word as looser, to use it would be considered bad grammer for example " One of my trainers laces is looser than the other" a better description would be "One of my trainers laces is tighter than the other.

Answer 7

its easy to lose loose women

Answer 8

Lose is when you are separated from something in that you no longer can find it. Loose is when your pants fall down without a belt on.

Answer 9

lose = to not win something, or to have something lost

loose = not tight

Answer 10

cripes, tongue twister answers or what?!?!?

Answer 11

Lose= like u lost a race

Loose= like a loose cap or something that isn't tightened

Looser= idk about this one but it used as a phrase mostly having to do with weight lost

Loser= someone with no life. or someone trying to be something they're not in my opinion

Answer 12

I'm weighing in a bit late, but weighing in nonetheless!!!

Thank you!!  I wish you could post this in Every forum in the English-speaking world.  I still can't fathom the # of times people still confuse the two mistakenly, and we're speaking of adults here.  Not great examples to set for the multitude of kids reading on the Net.

Amen!! :)

Answer 13

Frustrating, isn't it?

Those jeans are a little loose, aren't you afraid you might lose them?

How hard is that?

Answer 14

Thank you!

I've just come to accept that some people will just never get it!

Answer 15

Good question...I've seen these two confused a lot, even by English people.

Lose is the opposite of win

Loose is the opposite of tight.

I hope, after these answers we won't be seeing the ubiquitous..."I don't want to loose him"...ever again.

Somehow I think it's a forlorn hope.

Answer 16

to lose is to mislay something, not to win.

Loose is not tight, a loose knot, to set loose - to free

Never hear of 'a looser' i can only assume its someone who loosens things or sets things free.

a loser is someone who has lost

Answer 17

Yes.

Answer 18

Amen.

Answer 19

loose is not tight and lose is fail to get or be deprived of

Answer 20

yeah i care - it annoys me when i see them mixed up!

lose - as in not being able to find something

loose - as in it doesnt fit properly or wobbles lol

Answer 21

Yes one mean something loose like a wheel nut an the other one means you lose your race

Answer 22

There's a town in Kent called Loose.  I don't know if it has a Loose Women's Institute.

Answer 23

Yes.. I think so anyway. They mean totally different things.

Isn't lose to 'lose' something?

And...

Isn't loose to wear something which is 'loose' fitting?

Answer 24

they're totally different!

you lose a match

you loosen a knot

you make something looser

you are a loser

Answer 25

You can lose a game, or lose some money. You can even have loose change in your pocket. Just don't muddle their spellings up!

Lose: to fail at, or to be unable to find. "Ann would always lose her keys."

Loose: not tight or fixed in place. "The railings were really loose, a danger to everyone."

Learn the difference between these by this comparison:

nose ... lose

noose ... loose

The last two sound the same, the first two don't.

Answer 26

My thoughts are that they come from the same root meaning.  

If you are loose with money you will lose money.  

If your pants are loose then you may lose them.  

Being loose with responsibility or ambition makes you a loser.  

If a knot is loose you will lose what you tried to secure.

Over time they become more seperate and the spellings were differentiated to express the specific functions of the concept.

This is a good way to look at words.  Another example is (temple, temper[both meanings],temptation, tempest) or (hospital, hospitality)

Hidden behind these words are their root meanings if viewed from a larger context.

Answer 27

he is a big loser

my pants need to be looser