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
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Couch as a noun:
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
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Couch as a noun:
A bed, a resting-place.
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Couch as a noun (art, painting and gilding):
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
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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"
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Couch as a verb:
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
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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.
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Couch as a verb:
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
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Couch as a verb (transitive):
To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
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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.
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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.
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Couch as a verb (sewing, transitive):
To attach a thread onto with small stitches in order to add .
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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."
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Couch as a noun:
, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
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Recline as a verb (transitive):
To cause to lean back; to bend back.
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Recline as a verb (transitive):
To put in a resting position.
Examples:
"She reclined her arms on the table and sighed."
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Recline as a verb (intransitive):
To lean back.
Examples:
"to recline against a wall"
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Recline as a verb (intransitive):
To put oneself in a resting position.
Examples:
"to recline on a couch"
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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.