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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
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collapsible chair or fold-up chair?

What is the difference between a collapsible chair and a fold-up chair?
  

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They are the same piece of furniture.

— Mister Micawber

  • They are the same piece of furniture.
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They are the same piece of furniture.
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They apparently mean the same thing, but neither would be used in everyday speech in the US. The term used is "folding chair."
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The term "collapsible chair" is especially bad-sounding - like the chair will suddenly collapse while you're sitting on it. And the word "fold-up" has bad connotations in the US (meaning go broke or fail). So neither of these terms is used in the US.
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The kind of metal chair that is used for church halls, classrooms, and other venues is called a folding chair.
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