Difference between Couplet and Couple

What is the difference between Couplet and Couple?

Couplet as a noun is in poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words. while Couple as a noun is two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.

Couplet

Part of speech: noun

Definition: In poetry, a pair of lines with rhyming end words.

Couple

Part of speech: verb

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

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.Two of the same kind connected or considered together (see Usage notes).A small number of. See usage notes.One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.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.

Example sentence: If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

We hope you now know whether to use Couplet or Couple in your sentence.

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