The difference between Couch and Davenport

When used as nouns, couch means an item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person, whereas davenport means a large sofa, especially a formal one.


Couch is also verb with the meaning: to lie down.

check bellow for the other definitions of Couch and Davenport

  1. Couch as a noun:

    An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.

  2. Couch as a noun:

    A bed, a resting-place.

  3. Couch as a noun (art, painting and gilding):

    A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.

  4. Couch as a noun (brewing):

    A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.

    Examples:

    "a couch of malt"

  1. Couch as a verb:

    To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

  2. Couch as a verb (archaic):

    To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

  3. Couch as a verb:

    To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

  4. Couch as a verb (transitive):

    To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.

  5. Couch as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.

  6. Couch as a verb (transitive):

    To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

  7. Couch as a verb (transitive):

    To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.

  8. Couch as a verb (ophthalmology, transitive):

    In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.

  9. Couch as a verb (paper-making, transitive):

    To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.

  10. Couch as a verb (sewing, transitive):

    To attach a thread onto with small stitches in order to add .

  11. Couch as a verb:

    To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.

    Examples:

    "He couched it as a request, but it was an order."

  1. Couch as a noun:

    , a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

  1. Davenport as a noun:

    A large sofa, especially a formal one.

  2. Davenport as a noun:

    A writing desk.