gain vs lose: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: gain or lose

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gainnoun

the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

gainverb

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

gainverb

increase or develop

gainnoun

a quantity that is added

gainverb

win something through one's efforts

gainverb

obtain

gainverb

derive a benefit from

gainnoun

the advantageous quality of being beneficial

gainverb

reach a destination, either real or abstract

gainverb

increase (one's body weight)

gainverb

obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

gainverb

rise in rate or price

gainnoun

the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

loseverb

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

loseverb

be set at a disadvantage

loseverb

fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

loseverb

fail to get or obtain

loseverb

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

loseverb

fail to win

loseverb

miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

loseverb

suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

loseverb

withdraw, as from reality

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