Difference between Row and Course

What is the difference between Row and Course?

Row as a verb is to propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. while Course as a verb is to run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

Row

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. To argue noisily.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back. A noisy argument. A continual loud noise.

Example sentence: I really hate relaxing. I've done three movies in a row, worked for two years straight, and to me, idle time is the devil's workshop. I like to focus on something.

Course

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A path, sequence, development, or evolution.A normal or customary sequence.A chosen manner of proceeding.Any ordered process or sequence or stepsA learning program, as in a school.A treatment planThe itinerary of a race.A racecourse.A part of a meal.The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.A row of bricks or blocks.) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.A string on a luteA golf course.

Example sentence: In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

We hope you now know whether to use Row or Course in your sentence.

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