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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Couch/sofa

What is the difference in meaning between couch and sofa?
  

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Not much if it's in the living room, Maj. A sofa sometimes unfolds to make a bed, as does a davenport .

  • Not much if it's in the living room, Maj.
  • A sofa sometimes unfolds to make a bed, as does a davenport .
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Not much if it's in the living room, Maj. A sofa sometimes unfolds to make a bed, as does a davenport.
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A couch is comfy. A sofa is sophisticated.

When you spill beer on the couch (wine never gets near a couch), you just clean it up.
When you spill wine on the sofa (beer never gets near a sofa), you have made a terrible "faux pas" and will be demoted to the B list for at least three months.

"couch" is down about a half in register from "sofa".

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