The difference between Couch and Divan

When used as nouns, couch means an item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person, whereas divan means a couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.


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

check bellow for the other definitions of Couch and Divan

  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. Divan as a noun:

    A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.

  2. Divan as a noun (historical):

    A Muslim council of state, such as that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).

  3. Divan as a noun:

    A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.

  4. Divan as a noun:

    A council chamber with cushioned seats.

  5. Divan as a noun:

    A court of justice.

  6. Divan as a noun (poetic):

    Any council or assembly.

  7. Divan as a noun:

    A smoking-room.