couple vs tread

tread vs couple

couple and tread both are nouns.

couple and tread both are verbs.

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

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

couple: engage in sexual intercourse
tread: mate with (used of male birds)

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, serve, service, deflower, ruin, mount, ride, breed, cover, bugger, sodomise, sodomize, sodomise, sodomize.

couple (noun)	tread (noun)
a pair who associate with one another	a step in walking or running
a pair of people who live together	structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines	the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground
two items of the same kind	the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire
a small indefinite number

couple (verb)	tread (verb)
engage in sexual intercourse	crush as if by treading on
link together	brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center
bring two objects, ideas, or people together	mate with (used of male birds)
form a pair or pairs	tread or stomp heavily or roughly
	put down or press the foot, place the foot
	apply (the tread) to a tire

Difference between couple and tread

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