The difference between Get and Lose

When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas lose means fame, renown.

When used as verbs, get means to obtain, whereas lose means to cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

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  1. Get as a verb (ditransitive):

    To obtain; to acquire.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store."

    "Lance is going to get Mary a ring."

  2. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To receive.

    Examples:

    "I got a computer from my parents for my birthday."

    "You need to get permission to leave early."

    "He got a severe reprimand for that."

  3. Get as a verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning):

    To have.

    Examples:

    "I've got a concert ticket for you."

  4. Get as a verb (copulative):

    To become.

    Examples:

    "I'm getting hungry; how about you?"

    "Don't get drunk tonight."

  5. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become; to bring about.

    Examples:

    "That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it."

    "I'll get this finished by lunchtime."

    "I can't get these boots off upright (or on'upright )."

  6. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To fetch, bring, take.

    Examples:

    "Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

    "I need to get this to the office."

  7. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to do.

    Examples:

    "Somehow she got him to agree to it."

    "I can't get it to work."

  8. Get as a verb (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as [[into]], [[over]], or [[behind]]; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries [[get into]], [[get over]], etc.):

    To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

    Examples:

    "The actors are getting into position."

    "When are we going to get to London?"

    "I'm getting into a muddle."

    "We got behind the wall."

  9. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

    Examples:

    "to get a mile"

  10. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to come or go or move.

  11. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to be in a certain status or position.

  12. Get as a verb (intransitive):

    To begin (doing something).

    Examples:

    "We ought to get moving or we'll be late."

    "After lunch we got chatting."

  13. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    Examples:

    "I normally get the 7:45 train."

    "I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston."

  14. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    Examples:

    "Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."

  15. Get as a verb (intransitive, followed by infinitive):

    To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

    Examples:

    "I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!"

    "The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure."

  16. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To understand. }}

    Examples:

    "Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny."

    "I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!"

    "I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me."

  17. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

    Examples:

    "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."

  18. Get as a verb (informal):

    To be.

    Examples:

    "He got bitten by a dog."

  19. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    Examples:

    "I went on holiday and got malaria."

  20. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To catch out, trick successfully.

    Examples:

    "He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

  21. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To perplex, stump.

    Examples:

    "That question's really got me."

  22. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To find as an answer.

    Examples:

    "What did you get for question four?"

  23. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    Examples:

    "The cops finally got me."

    "I'm gonna get him for that."

  24. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To hear completely; catch.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"

  25. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To getter.

    Examples:

    "I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

  26. Get as a verb (now, rare):

    To beget (of a father).

  27. Get as a verb (archaic):

    To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    Examples:

    "to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson"

  28. Get as a verb (imperative, informal):

    Examples:

    "'Get her with her new hairdo."

  29. Get as a verb (informal, mostly, imperative):

    Go away; get lost.

  30. Get as a verb (euphemism):

    To kill.

    Examples:

    "They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

  31. Get as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

  1. Get as a noun (dated):

    Offspring.

  2. Get as a noun:

    Lineage.

  3. Get as a noun (sports, tennis):

    A difficult return or block of a shot.

  4. Get as a noun:

    Something gained.

  1. Get as a noun (British, regional):

    A git.

  1. Get as a noun (Judaism):

    A Jewish writ of divorce.

  1. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

    Examples:

    "If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry."

    "He lost his hearing in the explosion."

    "She lost her position when the company was taken over."

  2. Lose as a verb:

    To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.

    Examples:

    "I lost my way in the forest."

  3. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.

    Examples:

    "Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy."

    "He lost his spleen in a car wreck."

  4. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).

    Examples:

    "We lost the football match."

  5. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To shed (weight).

    Examples:

    "I’ve lost five pounds this week."

  6. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.

    Examples:

    "The policeman lost the robber he was chasing."

    "Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down."

  7. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

    Examples:

    "We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest."

  8. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).

    Examples:

    "She lost all her sons in the war."

  9. Lose as a verb (transitive):

    To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).

  10. Lose as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

    Examples:

    "When we get into the building, please lose the hat."

  11. Lose as a verb:

    Of a clock, to run slower than expected.

    Examples:

    "My watch loses five minutes a week."

    "It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes."

  12. Lose as a verb:

    To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.

  13. Lose as a verb:

    To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.

    Examples:

    "I lost a part of what he said."

  14. Lose as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To cause to part with; to deprive of.

  1. Lose as a noun (obsolete):

    Fame, renown; praise.

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