Couple vs. Pair

Couplenoun

Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

Couplenoun

Two of the same kind connected or considered together.

Couplenoun

(informal) A small number.

Couplenoun

One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

Couplenoun

(physics) Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.

Couplenoun

(architecture) A couple-close.

Couplenoun

(obsolete) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

Coupleadjective

Two or (a) small number of.

Coupledeterminer

Two or a few, a small number of.

Coupleverb

(transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).

Coupleverb

To join in wedlock; to marry.

Coupleverb

(intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

Couplenoun

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

Couplenoun

Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.

Couplenoun

A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

Couplenoun

See Couple-close.

Couplenoun

One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; - called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

Couplenoun

Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

Coupleverb

To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

Coupleverb

To join in wedlock; to marry.

Coupleverb

To come together as male and female; to copulate.

Couplenoun

a small indefinite number;

Couplenoun

a pair of people who live together;

Couplenoun

a pair who associate with one another;

Couplenoun

two items of the same kind

Couplenoun

something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

Coupleverb

bring two objects, ideas, or people together;

Coupleverb

link together;

Coupleverb

form a pair or pairs;

Coupleverb

make love;

Couplenoun

two people or things of the same sort considered together

Couplenoun

a pair of partners in a dance or game.

Couplenoun

a pair of hunting dogs.

Couplenoun

two collars joined together and used for holding hounds together.

Couplenoun

a pair of rafters.

Couplenoun

a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them.

Couplenoun

two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually

Couplenoun

an indefinite small number

Coupleverb

link or combine (something) with something else

Coupleverb

connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another

Coupleverb

connect (two electrical components) using electromagnetic induction, electrostatic charge, or an optical link

Coupleverb

join to form a pair

Coupleverb

mate or have sexual intercourse

Pairnoun

Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.

Pairnoun

Two people in a relationship, partnership (especially sexual) or friendship.

Pairnoun

Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only)

Pairnoun

A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.

Pairnoun

(cards) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.

Pairnoun

(cricket) A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match

Pairnoun

A double play, two outs recorded in one play

Pairnoun

A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams

Pairnoun

(slang) A pair of breasts

Pairnoun

The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.

Pairnoun

Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.

Pairnoun

(archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.

Pairnoun

(kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.

Pairverb

(transitive) To group into sets of two.

Pairverb

(transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.

Pairverb

To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.

Pairverb

(intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Pairverb

(computing) to form wireless connection between to devices

Pairnoun

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused.]

Pairnoun

Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

Pairnoun

Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.

Pairnoun

A married couple; a man and wife.

Pairnoun

A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.

Pairnoun

Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question (in order, for example, to allow the members to be absent during the vote without affecting the outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.

Pairnoun

In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.

Pairverb

To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.

Pairverb

To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Pairverb

Same as To pair off. See phrase below.

Pairverb

To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.

Pairverb

To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.

Pairverb

To impair.

Pairnoun

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

Pairnoun

two items of the same kind

Pairnoun

two people considered as a unit

Pairnoun

a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value

Pairverb

form a pair or pairs;

Pairverb

bring two objects, ideas, or people together;

Pairverb

occur in pairs

Pairverb

arrange in pairs;

Pairverb

make love;