The difference between Couple and Few
When used as determiners, couple means two or a few, a small number of, whereas few means an indefinite, but usually small, number of.
Couple is also noun with the meaning: two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
Couple is also verb with the meaning: to join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
Couple is also adjective with the meaning: two or (a) small number of.
Few is also pronoun with the meaning: few people, few things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Couple and Few
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Couple as a noun:
Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
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Couple as a noun:
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
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Couple as a noun (informal):
A small number.
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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.
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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.
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Couple as a noun (architecture):
A couple-close.
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Couple as a noun (obsolete):
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
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Couple as an adjective (informal, US):
Two or (a) small number of.
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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."
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Couple as a verb (transitive, dated):
To join in wedlock; to marry.
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Couple as a verb (intransitive):
To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
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Few as a pronoun:
Few people, few things.
Examples:
"Many are called, but few are chosen."