2006-06-29 06:26:09 · 12 answers · asked by Aunt Andy 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I liked this answer I came across:
"The couch/sofa example is different, I think. It's true that there are many ways of framing the semantic (or at least pragmatic) difference between "couch" and "sofa" (e.g. a sofa seats 4 and a couch 3), but I sense a consensus is emerging at least around here (the Midwest) in which "sofa" is defined as a nicer / fancier "couch." This is easily confirmed by the fact that furniture stores only advertise sofas. I've never seen a "couch" advertised (except in the classifieds) even by the low-end furniture retailers."
Seems to make sense to me. Oh, sofa comes from "suffa" in Arabic -- and a divan has no back, just cushions against the wall, but sofas usually do have backs, but do not necessarily have beds in them, those are sleeper-sofas.
2006-06-29 06:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 14⤊ 0⤋
Couch Vs Sofa
2016-12-15 05:05:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sofa Vs Couch
2016-10-07 08:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sofa has arm rest, were a couch does not. After WW2, a lot of GI's could only afford a couch, but would buy the arm rest at a latter day. That is way a lower income person would be a called a couch potatoes, for lack of motivation. Sofas were higher priced. Who has ever heard of a sofa potato?
2014-05-25 07:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by Catman 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-09 13:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This makes more sense too...
A couch is very similar to a sofa. Derived from Middle French, couche, a couch is an article of furniture for sitting or reclining. Sofa, taken from the Arabic suffah, is a long upholstered seat usually with arms and a back. A settee is a long seat with a back or a medium-sized sofa. Scandinavian in origin, a squab is another name for a couch or a stuffed cushion. A chaise lounge, French in origin, is a long reclining chair.
2006-06-29 06:49:23 · answer #6 · answered by newyorker 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
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Well going by these answers I'm posh and American because I say couch lmao :) Who cares as long as you can plank your @r$e on it!
2016-03-27 04:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a couch is just a couch and a sofa usually has a bed in it
2006-06-29 06:29:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mikey 3 · 2⤊ 8⤋
which would you rather be a COUCH POTATO or a SOFA POTATO. Either way you plant your butt on it.....
2006-06-29 06:45:58 · answer #9 · answered by habanaro64 2 · 2⤊ 5⤋
they are the same
2013-10-06 14:47:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋