Cough vs. Sofa — What's the Difference?

A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages that can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes. As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually accompanied by a distinctive sound.Frequent coughing usually indicates the presence of a disease.

A long upholstered seat typically with a back and arms.

To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.

A raised area of a building's floor, usually covered with carpeting, used for sitting.

To make a noise similar to noisy expulsion of air from the lungs

An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.

To expel by coughing

To furnish with one or more sofas.

The act of coughing.

To seat or lay down on a sofa.

An illness marked by frequent coughing.

A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; - much used as a comfortable piece of furniture.

(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

An upholstered seat for more than one person

To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.

A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.

A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.

Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.

To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; - followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.

To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.

A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.

The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.

Sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

The act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise

Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion;