The difference between Couch and Express

When used as nouns, couch means an item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person, whereas express means a mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

When used as verbs, couch means to lie down, whereas express means to convey or communicate.

Express is also adjective with the meaning: moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

check bellow for the other definitions of Couch and Express

  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. Express as an adjective (not comparable):

    Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

  2. Express as an adjective (comparable):

    Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

    Examples:

    "I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me."

    "This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher."

  3. Express as an adjective:

    Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

    Examples:

    "In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance."

  4. Express as an adjective (retail):

    Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

    Examples:

    "The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express."

    "Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express."

    "The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express."

  1. Express as a noun:

    A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

    Examples:

    "I took the express into town."

  2. Express as a noun:

    A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

  3. Express as a noun:

    An express rifle.

  4. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

  5. Express as a noun:

    A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.

  6. Express as a noun:

    An express office.

  7. Express as a noun:

    That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Eikon Basilike"

  1. Express as a verb (transitive):

    To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

    Examples:

    "Words cannot express the love I feel for him."

  2. Express as a verb (transitive):

    To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).

  3. Express as a verb (biochemistry):

    To translate messenger RNA into protein.

  4. Express as a verb (biochemistry):

    To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.

  1. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.

  2. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    A specific statement or instruction.

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