discharge vs lose

discharge

verb
  • To expel or let go. 

  • To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling). 

  • To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. 

  • To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. 

  • To release (an accumulated charge). 

  • To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty. 

  • To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. 

  • To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. 

  • To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument. 

  • To unload a ship or another means of transport. 

  • To give forth; to emit or send out. 

  • To release (an inpatient) from hospital. 

  • To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled. 

  • To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. 

  • To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process. 

  • To release (a member of the armed forces) from service. 

  • To accomplish or complete, as an obligation. 

  • To let fly; to give expression to; to utter. 

noun
  • The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second). 

  • The process of flowing out. 

  • The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. 

  • Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology. 

  • The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance. 

  • The act of expelling or letting go. 

  • The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. 

  • The act of releasing an accumulated charge. 

  • The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. 

  • The process of unloading something. 

lose

verb
  • To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate. 

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

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

  • Of a clock, to run slower than expected. 

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