The difference between Couple and Espouse

When used as verbs, couple means to join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another), whereas espouse means to become/get married to.


Couple is also determiner with the meaning: two or a few, a small number of.

Couple is also noun with the meaning: two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

Couple is also adjective with the meaning: two or (a) small number of.

check bellow for the other definitions of Couple and Espouse

  1. Couple as a noun:

    Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

  2. Couple as a noun:

    Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

  3. Couple as a noun (informal):

    A small number.

  4. Couple as a noun:

    One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

  5. Couple as a noun (physics):

    Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.

  6. Couple as a noun (architecture):

    A couple-close.

  7. Couple as a noun (obsolete):

    That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

  1. Couple as an adjective (informal, US):

    Two or (a) small number of.

  1. Couple as a verb (transitive):

    To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).

    Examples:

    "Now the conductor will couple the train cars."

    "I've coupled our system to theirs."

  2. Couple as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To join in wedlock; to marry.

  3. Couple as a verb (intransitive):

    To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

  1. Espouse as a verb (transitive):

    To become/get married to.

  2. Espouse as a verb (transitive):

    To accept, support, or take on as one's own (an idea or a cause).