hog vs lose

hog

verb
  • To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others. 

  • To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly. 

  • To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. 

  • To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag). 

  • To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel. 

noun
  • An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine). 

  • the effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop 

  • A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. 

  • A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson. 

  • A young sheep that has not been shorn. 

  • A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made. 

  • Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. 

  • A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share. 

  • A quahog (clam) 

lose

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

  • 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 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 hog and lose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )