different between dying vs losing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??/
• Homophone: dyeing

Etymology 1

die +? -ing

Adjective

dying (not comparable)

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

   The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!

   a dying fire

   The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

   In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

   His dying words were of his mother.

   until my dying day

   his dying bed

Antonyms

• nascent

Translations

Noun

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

Translations

Verb

dying

1. present participle of die

Etymology 2

dye +? -ing

Verb

dying

1. (nonstandard) present participle of dye

Anagrams

• dingy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?z??/
• Hyphenation: los?ing
• Rhymes: -u?z??

Verb

losing

1. present participle of lose

Adjective

losing (not comparable)

1. That loses or has lost.

   Being on the losing team is disappointing.

Derived terms

• losingest

Noun

losing (plural losings)

1. The process by which something is lost; a loss.
   • 1842, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (page 339)

     We conceive that an alternation of such losings and regainings will continue to be presented in England, until the whole business is set on a new and more stable basis by a revolution which shall not be moral only.

Anagrams

• Gilson, Goslin, Ligons, Lingos, lingos, logins, logs in, soling