loose vs tense

loose

adj
  • Not fixed in place tightly or firmly. 

  • Not compact. 

  • Not fitting closely 

  • Relaxed. 

  • Indiscreet. 

  • Not held or packaged together. 

  • Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate. 

  • Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game. 

  • Measured loosely stacked or disorganized (such as of firewood). 

  • Not under control. 

  • Having oversteer. 

noun
  • All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs). 

  • The release of an arrow. 

  • A letting go; discharge. 

  • Freedom from restraint. 

intj
  • begin shooting; release your arrows 

verb
  • Of a grip or hold, to let go. 

  • To shoot (an arrow). 

  • To let loose, to free from restraints. 

  • To make less tight, to loosen. 

  • To unfasten, to loosen. 

tense

adj
  • Pulled taut, without any slack. 

  • Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. 

verb
  • To apply a tense to. 

  • To make tense. 

  • To become tense. 

noun
  • Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. 

  • An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense. 

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