What's the difference between forget and lose?

Forget


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.
  • (v. t.) To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (2) When tested 4 weeks later, they showed significant forgetting.
  • (3) They make a big deal when it happens, and then they forget.” The use of sarin has been highly contentious throughout the Syrian war.
  • (4) All freedom-loving people will miss him, but we will never forget his sacrifice and his achievements."
  • (5) But we shouldn’t forget that Gawker was not just getting sued over the Hulk Hogan sex tape case.
  • (6) Oh, and let’s not forget about him doing bad dance moves in a video making fun of Drake’s choreography in the Hotline Bling video.
  • (7) "We have vowed to never forget and we never will," he said.
  • (8) Seethetree Kingley Vale, Sussex Forget the colours of autumn; this place is sombre in colour and atmosphere but you will be walking among probably the oldest living organisms in Britain.
  • (9) You will also need to find alternative disposable bags for shops to stock while people get into the habit of bringing their own bag, however, and for when they forget.
  • (10) Also, if you want to press vinyl, forget it – leading up to this day all of the pressing plants are booked.
  • (11) This was generally mild and always fully reversible and consisted mainly of forgetfulness, occasionally hallucinations, nightmares and somnolence.
  • (12) Results for the backward-counting condition duplicate, for the retention intervals used, the shape of the classic Peterson and Peterson forgetting curve but indicate little loss of memory in either the rehearsal or alpha conditions.
  • (13) Forget about the infants' milk, only lucky children can get it.
  • (14) Effectiveness of the neuropharmacological actions improving the memory forgotten trace retrieval is shown to depend upon the duration of the spontaneous forgetting process.
  • (15) The first symptom of the younger brother (case 2) was also forgetfulness at 45 years old, then severe dementia was advanced, at last he died of pneumonia at age 53 old.
  • (16) Our board of trustees already involves [the ice hockey player] Ilya Kovalchuk and his wife Nicole, and we are now negotiating with [the boxer] Roy Jones Jr, who recently received Russian citizenship.” It is clear that Shatov is an achiever more than than a dreamer – a down-to-earth character who will never forget where he came from.
  • (17) Ultimately, we are fallible and forgetful, so the best way to solve the problem is as always choice-editing or design this inconvenience out.
  • (18) Nor should we forget why the Conservatives were so eager to seize that chance: they saw the opportunity to wipe out the achievements of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, who demonstrated, over many years of hard graft, that the country’s economic management was safe in Labour’s hands.
  • (19) Deliberate forgetting Wouldn't it be useful if our minds had their own refuse collection service – a way of selectively depositing those memories we no longer require while keeping hold of those that we do?
  • (20) Obama acknowledged he had read an article "in the news just the other day wondering has Washington missed its opportunity, because as time goes on after Newtown, somehow people start moving on and forgetting" This was not the case, he said.

Lose


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
  • (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
  • (v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
  • (v. t.) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
  • (v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
  • (v. t.) To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
  • (v. t.) To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
  • (v. t.) To cause to part with; to deprive of.
  • (v. t.) To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
  • (v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
  • (2) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
  • (3) Shelter’s analysis of MoJ figures highlights high-risk hotspots across the country where families are particularly at risk of losing their homes, with households in Newham, east London, most exposed to the possibility of eviction or repossession, with one in every 36 homes threatened.
  • (4) The effects of brain injury can be catastrophic and long-term so the impact of more research would be vast, but affected numbers are too small so it loses out.
  • (5) Larvae from fresh water eggs, cultured in fresh water and 'normal' laboratory cultures reached 50% infectivity in 3-5 days, losing potential infectivity in 11-15 days post-hatching.
  • (6) He's called out for his lack of imagination in a stinging review by a leading food critic (Oliver Platt) and - after being introduced to Twitter by his tech-savvy son (Emjay Anthony) - accidentally starts a flame war that will lead to him losing his job.
  • (7) • young clownfish will lose their ability to "smell" the anemone species that they shelter in.
  • (8) c-WRT-7 cells were found to differentiate into macrophage-like cells and to lose their growth capacity both in vitro and in vivo after incubation with LPS.
  • (9) By using these larger catheters, the surgeon will not lose the option of using isosmotic preparations.
  • (10) Winning and losing were predicted to be more significant in determining cardiovascular responses for Type A's than for Type B's.
  • (11) "I have to say that I have been a Chelsea player since 2004 and I have never had six minutes in my favour when I was losing.
  • (12) He would still lose some of his original cash, but it would be less.
  • (13) Moreover, respondents indicating initially relatively high levels of emotional eating who reported a reduction in that level were found to lose significantly (p less than 0.01) more reported weight and to be significantly (p less than 0.05) more successful at approaching target weight over the period of the study than respondents who continued to report high levels of emotional eating.
  • (14) In addition, we have shown that long-lived, presumably non-senescent, strains do not arise by suppressor mutation, but lose senescence plasmid DNA by another mechanism.
  • (15) We find that the labelled cell has a myelinated axon, but that the axon loses its myelin within 50 microns of the soma and has not yet been traced further.
  • (16) Duraphat-treated samples submerged in water after the exposure lost only about 50% of the deposited fluoride, whereas samples treated with 2% NaF are known to lose all their fluoride under similar circumstances, a condition which may be related to the favorable clinical effect of Duraphat.
  • (17) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
  • (18) Last month Walsall council announced it would close 15 of its 16 libraries, and residents told the Guardian they stood to lose vital community spaces as well as reading resources.
  • (19) Rayburn, who was also told by his jobcentre he would lose his benefits if he did not work without pay, said he spent almost two months stacking and cleaning shelves and sometimes doing night shifts.
  • (20) A growing educated middle class is losing touch with apartheid history and seeking alternatives.