couple vs ruin

couple and ruin both are nouns.

couple and ruin both are verbs.

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

As verbs, ruin is a hyponym of couple; that is, ruin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than couple:

couple: engage in sexual intercourse
ruin: deprive of virginity

Other hyponyms of couple include nick, bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, tread, serve, service, deflower, mount, ride, breed, cover, bugger, sodomise, sodomize, sodomise, sodomize.

couple (noun)	ruin (noun)
a pair who associate with one another	destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
a pair of people who live together	a ruined building
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines	an event that results in destruction
two items of the same kind	failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
a small indefinite number	the process of becoming dilapidated
	an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

couple (verb)	ruin (verb)
engage in sexual intercourse	fall into ruin
link together	destroy completely; damage irreparably
bring two objects, ideas, or people together	reduce to ruins
form a pair or pairs	deprive of virginity
	reduce to bankruptcy
	destroy or cause to fail

Difference between couple and ruin

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