Divan vs. Couch

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  • Divan

    A divan or diwan (Persian: دیوان‎, dīvān) was a high government ministry in various Islamic states, or its chief official (see dewan).

  • Couch

    A couch (British English, U.S. English, Hiberno English), also known as a sofa or settee (Commonwealth English), is a piece of furniture for seating two or three people in the form of a bench, with armrests, which is partially or entirely upholstered, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions. Although a couch is used primarily for seating, it may be used for sleeping. In homes, couches are normally found in the family room, living room, den, or the lounge. They are sometimes also found in non-residential settings such as hotels, lobbies of commercial offices, waiting rooms, and bars.

Wikipedia
  • Divan (noun)

    A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.

  • Divan (noun)

    A Muslim council of state, such as that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).

  • Divan (noun)

    A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.

  • Divan (noun)

    A council chamber with cushioned seats.

  • Divan (noun)

    A court of justice.

  • Divan (noun)

    Any council or assembly.

  • Divan (noun)

    A smoking-room.

  • Couch (noun)

    An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.

  • Couch (noun)

    A bed, a resting-place.

  • Couch (noun)

    A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.

  • Couch (noun)

    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 (noun)

    , a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

  • Couch (verb)

    To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).

  • Couch (verb)

    To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.

  • Couch (verb)

    To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.

  • Couch (verb)

    To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.

  • Couch (verb)

    To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.

  • Couch (verb)

    To lay or bed.

  • Couch (verb)

    To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.

  • Couch (verb)

    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 (verb)

    To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried felt blanket for further drying.

  • Couch (verb)

    To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.

  • Couch (verb)

    To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.

    “He couched it as a request, but it was an order.”

Wiktionary
  • Divan (noun)

    a bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard.

  • Divan (noun)

    a long, low sofa without a back or arms.

  • Divan (noun)

    a legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East.

  • Couch (noun)

    a long upholstered piece of furniture for several people to sit on

    “I sat in an armchair and they sat on the couch”

  • Couch (noun)

    a reclining seat with a headrest at one end on which a psychoanalyst’s subject or doctor’s patient lies while undergoing treatment

    “the child was lying on the examination couch”

  • Couch (noun)

    a coarse grass with long creeping roots, which can be a serious weed in gardens.

  • Couch (verb)

    express (something) in language of a specified style

    “the assurances were couched in general terms”

  • Couch (verb)

    lay down

    “two fair creatures, couched side by side in deepest grass”

  • Couch (verb)

    lower (a spear) to the position for attack

    “To arms! cried Mortimer, and couch’d his quiv’ring lance”

  • Couch (verb)

    treat (a cataract) by pushing the lens of the eye downwards and backwards, out of line with the pupil.

  • Couch (verb)

    (in embroidery) fix (a thread) to a fabric by stitching it down flat with another thread

    “gold and silver threads couched by hand”

Oxford Dictionary

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