The difference between Couch and Recline

When used as nouns, couch means an item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person, whereas recline means a mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position.

When used as verbs, couch means to lie down, whereas recline means to cause to lean back.


check bellow for the other definitions of Couch and Recline

  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. Recline as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to lean back; to bend back.

  2. Recline as a verb (transitive):

    To put in a resting position.

    Examples:

    "She reclined her arms on the table and sighed."

  3. Recline as a verb (intransitive):

    To lean back.

    Examples:

    "to recline against a wall"

  4. Recline as a verb (intransitive):

    To put oneself in a resting position.

    Examples:

    "to recline on a couch"

  1. Recline as a noun:

    A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.