winner vs loser
Definitions
noun
- the contestant who wins the contest
- a person with a record of successes
- a gambler who wins a bet
Examples
In her acceptance speech, the winner thanked the almighty and promised to do even better at the all-India level.
Sweet Ladies! has more than a bit of "informational" in it, so it could have traded places with either medal-winner.
We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.
Definitions
noun
- a contestant who loses the contest
- a gambler who loses a bet
- a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Examples
Pluto, which has the greatest orbital eccentricity of any of the Solar System planets, was during those years at perihelion and actually closer than Neptune to the Sun.
Well, my boy Joey is eight years old, and he's a foul-mouthed dumb-ass little loser just like his father.
Steve up-anchored and obliged, taking us closer inshore to drop anchor on top of a wreck where the lads caught pouting three at a time.
