Difference between Lost and Gone

What is the difference between Lost and Gone?

Lost as an adjective is when one is unable to find his or her way while Gone as an adjective is away, having left.

Lost

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: When one is unable to find his or her way

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

Example sentence: Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Gone

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To move:

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: Past, after, later than (a time).

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Away, having left.No longer existing, having passed.Used up.intoxicated to the point of being unaware of one's surroundings

Example sentence: You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself.

We hope you now know whether to use Lost or Gone in your sentence.

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