Couch vs. Frog — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Couch and Frog
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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.
Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.
Couch
A long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on
I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch
Frog
Any of numerous tailless aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura, characteristically having a short vertebral column, a large head, long hind legs used for leaping, and a tadpole stage as larvae.
Couch
A coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.
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Frog
Any of various usually aquatic members of this order having smoother skin and longer hind legs than the toads.
Couch
Express (something) in language of a specified style
The assurances were couched in general terms
Frog
A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.
Couch
Lay down
Two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass
Frog
A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.
Couch
Lower (a spear) to the position for attack
To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch'd his quiv'ring lance
Frog
An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.
Couch
Treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.
Frog
A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.
Couch
(in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread
Gold and silver threads couched by hand
Frog
A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.
Couch
A sofa.
Frog
The nut of a violin bow.
Couch
A sofa on which a patient lies while undergoing psychoanalysis or psychiatric treatment.
Frog
(Informal)Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.
Couch
The frame or floor on which grain, usually barley, is spread in malting.
Frog
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of French birth or descent.
Couch
A layer of grain, usually barley, spread to germinate.
Frog
Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
Couch
A priming coat of paint or varnish used in artistic painting.
Frog
(musical instrument) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
Couch
To word in a certain manner; phrase
Couched their protests in diplomatic language.
Frog
(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
Couch
To cause (oneself) to lie down, as for rest.
Frog
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
Couch
To embroider by laying thread flat on a surface and fastening it by stitches at regular intervals.
Frog
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
Couch
To spread (grain) on a couch to germinate, as in malting.
Frog
(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
Couch
To lower (a spear, for example) to horizontal position, as for an attack.
Frog
(angling) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
Couch
To lie down; recline, as for rest.
Frog
Defector: a politician who simply switches between different political parties.
Couch
To lie in ambush or concealment; lurk.
Frog
(offensive) A French person.
Couch
To be in a heap or pile, as leaves for decomposition or fermentation.
Frog
A French-speaking person from Quebec.
Couch
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
Frog
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
Couch
A bed, a resting-place.
Frog
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
Couch
The den of an otter.
Frog
To hunt or trap frogs.
Couch
A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
Frog
To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
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
Frog
To spatchcock (a chicken).
Couch
Psychotherapy.
He spent years on the couch going over his traumatic childhood.
Frog
To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
Couch
, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
Frog
(transitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.
Couch
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
Frog
An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.
Couch
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
Frog
The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.
Couch
(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
Frog
A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
Couch
(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
Frog
An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
Couch
(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
Frog
The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Couch
(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
Frog
Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
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.
Frog
A person of French descent
Couch
To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
Frog
A decorative loop of braid or cord
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
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