Difference between Loose and Open

What is the difference between Loose and Open?

Loose as a verb is to let loose, to free from restraints. while Open as a verb is to make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible.

Loose

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: begin shooting; release your arrows

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To let loose, to free from restraints. To unfasten, to loosen. To make less tight, to loosen. Of a grip or hold, to let go. to shoot (an arrow)

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not fixed in place tightly or firmly Not held or packaged together Not bound or tethered or leashed Not fitting closely Not compact relaxed indiscreet promiscuous

Example sentence: Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.

Open

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sports event in which anybody can contest; as, the Australian Open.a wire that is broken midway.(with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.(with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate.Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.Receptive.Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration.Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character:Having a free variable.Is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.In current use; mapped to part of memory.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible.To bring up (a topic).To make accessible to customers or clients.To start (a campaign).To become open.To begin conducting business.To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.To reveal one's hand.To load into memory for viewing or editing.

Example sentence: Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

We hope you now know whether to use Loose or Open in your sentence.

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