cling to vs lose

cling to

verb
  • To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of. 

  • To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone). 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to. 

lose

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

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

  • To shed (weight). 

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

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

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

  • To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate. 

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

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

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

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

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

  • To be deprived of access to something. 

  • To give or owe (money) after losing a bet. 

  • Of a clock, to run slower than expected. 

How often have the words cling to and lose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )