bed vs couple

bed and couple both are nouns.

bed and couple both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bed	Yes	No	Yes	No
couple	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, couple is a hypernym of bed; that is, couple is a word with a broader meaning than bed:

bed: have sexual intercourse with
couple: engage in sexual intercourse

Other hypernyms of bed include copulate, mate, pair.

bed (noun)	couple (noun)
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep	a pair who associate with one another
a plot of ground in which plants are growing	a pair of people who live together
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track	(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.	two items of the same kind
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance	a small indefinite number
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

bed (verb)	couple (verb)
prepare for sleep	engage in sexual intercourse
have sexual intercourse with	link together
put to bed	bring two objects, ideas, or people together
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil	form a pair or pairs
furnish with a bed

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