ice vs lose

ice

verb
  • To put out a team for a match. 

  • To become ice; to freeze. 

  • To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc. 

  • To make icy; to freeze. 

  • To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing. 

  • To murder. 

  • To cool with ice, as a beverage. 

noun
  • Water in frozen (solid) form. 

  • An artifact that has been smuggled, especially one that is either clear or shiny. 

  • A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar. 

  • One or more diamonds and jewelry, especially blood diamonds. 

  • Any substance having the appearance of ice. 

  • Money paid as a bribe. 

  • The area where a game of ice hockey is played. 

  • Elephant or rhinoceros ivory that has been poached and sold on the black market. 

  • Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. 

  • Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant. 

  • Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs. 

lose

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

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