Chesterfield vs. Couch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Chesterfield and Couch
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Definitions
Chesterfield➦
A single- or double-breasted overcoat, usually with concealed buttons and a velvet collar.
Couch➦
A couch, also known as a sofa, settee, futon, or chesterfield (see Etymology below), is a piece of furniture for seating two or three people. It is commonly found in the form of a bench, with upholstered armrests, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions.
Chesterfield➦
Chiefly Northern California & Canada A sofa.
Couch➦
A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on
I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch
Chesterfield➦
A couch, sofa, or love seat with padded arms and back of the same height, often curved outward at the top.
Couch➦
A coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.
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Chesterfield➦
(Canada) Any couch or sofa.
Couch➦
Express (something) in language of a specified style
The assurances were couched in general terms
Chesterfield➦
A davenport with upright armrests.
Couch➦
Lay down
Two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass
Chesterfield➦
A fitted overcoat with a velvet collar.
Couch➦
Lower (a spear) to the position for attack
To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance
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Chesterfield➦
Suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
Couch➦
Treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
Chesterfield➦
An overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
Couch➦
(in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread
Gold and silver threads couched by hand
Chesterfield➦
A fitted overcoat with a velvet collar
Couch➦
A sofa.
Couch➦
A sofa on which a patient lies while undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.
Couch➦
The frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting.
Couch➦
A layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate.
Couch➦
A priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting.
Couch➦
To word in a certain manner; phrase
Couched their protests in diplomatic language.
Couch➦
To cause (oneself) to lie down, as for rest.
Couch➦
To embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals.
Couch➦
To spread (grain) on a couch to germinate, as in malting.
Couch➦
To lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack.
Couch➦
To lie down; recline, as for rest.
Couch➦
To lie in ambush or concealment; lurk.
Couch➦
To be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation.
Couch➦
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
Couch➦
A bed, a resting-place.
Couch➦
The den of an otter.
Couch➦
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
Couch➦
(brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
A couch of malt
Couch➦
Psychotherapy.
He spent years on the couch going over his traumatic childhood.
Couch➦
, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
Couch➦
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
Couch➦
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
Couch➦
(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
Couch➦
(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
Couch➦
(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
Couch➦
(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
Couch➦
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.
Couch➦
To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
Couch➦
To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
Couch➦
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
He couched it as a request, but it was an order.
Couch➦
(archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
Couch➦
To lay upon a bed or other resting place.
Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain,Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Couch➦
To arrange or dispose as in a bed; - sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity.
Couch➦
To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls.
Couch➦
To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.
Couch➦
To conceal; to include or involve darkly.
There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory.
Couch➦
To arrange; to place; to inlay.
Couch➦
To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; - used with in and under.
A well-couched invective.
I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms.
Couch➦
To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
He stooped his head, and couched his spear,And spurred his steed to full career.
Couch➦
To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand.
If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men.
Couch➦
To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies.
The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture.
Couch➦
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
An aged squireThat seemed to couch under his shield three-square.
Couch➦
A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vileIn loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch?
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Couch➦
Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
Couch➦
A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
Couch➦
A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
Couch➦
An upholstered seat for more than one person
Couch➦
A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer
Couch➦
A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment
Couch➦
Formulate in a particular style or language;
I wouldn't put it that way
She cast her request in very polite language
