Never heard of Divan. Davenport is what my ex-MIL used to all it, and she was from South Dakota. So I figured it was a mid-West thing. Couch and sofa are the same to me. Sofa might be a little longer. Loveseat is smaller, and holds two.
A buffet holds dishes, a credenza is for storage mostly and a server is where you put food out on for a buffet.
A china cabinet may or may not have glass doors, and a china hutch has glass up top to display and the bottom half is solid doors for storage.
This is all just off the top of my head, without googling...going to search now...
-- Edited by FNW on Saturday 27th of August 2016 02:52:22 PM
a couch, a sofa, a divan and a davenport?
Couch - Not as poofy as a sofa.
Sofa - Poofy cushions.
Divan - Never heard of this one before today.
Davenport - A fancy name for a couch.
buffet, sideboard, credenza, and a server?
Buffet - An all-you-can-eat place.
Sideboard - The things on the sides of a tall vehicle that people step on to get in said vehicle.
Credenza - A fancy desk.
Server - The person who brings me food. Alternatively, the thing that allows me to access the internet.
A china cabinet and a china hutch?
China cabinet - A storage space for china that has doors.
China hutch - A storage space for china that does not have doors.
For me a couch is a casual, soft sofa. A sofa is more formal. A Davenport is a fancy sofa. A divan is a cross between a daybed and sofa.
Buffet, sideboard, and server seem the same to me - a long, tall table to put food on in the dining room. A credenza is a long table/cabinet in an office for storage.
China cabinet is formal with glass doors across the entire top, a hutch mixes a server and china cabinet with closed storage on bottom, a serving platform in the middle and shelves above that with or without glass doors for display.
-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Saturday 27th of August 2016 04:11:06 PM
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Why should handbags and purses get all the argument?
What's the difference between....
a couch, a sofa, a divan and a davenport?
buffet, sideboard, credenza, and a server?
A china cabinet and a china hutch?
Try not to cheat and use google.
-- Edited by Lawyerlady on Saturday 27th of August 2016 02:40:01 PM
Since i don't spend more than $40 for a purse, you can call it whatever you want. I call it a place to keep my wallet.
A couch is a sofa to me. I don't know what a divan or davenport is so i must not own one.
The other furniture pieces, i don't know either. However, just purchased a "server". Not for any particular reason other than it matches my dining room.
Just a guess (without Google) but I would think it depends on the origin of the word. From the French, Russian, German, etc... I think that is why English has a lot of words that mean (almost) the same thing. Keeps Lawyers in business.. Just a joke.
So, the Davenport is actually just a sofa. It was a high end name brand sofa that was so popular it became the word for sofa way back when. Kind of like Lazy-boy.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
So, the Davenport is actually just a sofa. It was a high end name brand sofa that was so popular it became the word for sofa way back when. Kind of like Lazy-boy.
Lazy-boy is not high end. Just high marketing!
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So, the Davenport is actually just a sofa. It was a high end name brand sofa that was so popular it became the word for sofa way back when. Kind of like Lazy-boy.
Lazy-boy is not high end. Just high marketing!
Lazy-boy is THE best recliner, though. Recliners just get a bad rap.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
So, the Davenport is actually just a sofa. It was a high end name brand sofa that was so popular it became the word for sofa way back when. Kind of like Lazy-boy.
Lazy-boy is not high end. Just high marketing!
Lazy-boy is THE best recliner, though. Recliners just get a bad rap.
Lane recliners are the best.
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So, the Davenport is actually just a sofa. It was a high end name brand sofa that was so popular it became the word for sofa way back when. Kind of like Lazy-boy.
Lazy-boy is not high end. Just high marketing!
Lazy-boy is THE best recliner, though. Recliners just get a bad rap.
Lane recliners are the best.
Doesn't matter who makes it, people are still gonna call it the Lazy-boy.
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
So, the Davenport is actually just a sofa. It was a high end name brand sofa that was so popular it became the word for sofa way back when. Kind of like Lazy-boy.
Lazy-boy is not high end. Just high marketing!
Lazy-boy is THE best recliner, though. Recliners just get a bad rap.
Lane recliners are the best.
Doesn't matter who makes it, people are still gonna call it the Lazy-boy.
I know.
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I love mine. It's really the only place in the house I can sit.
It's a power recliner.
The biggest problem is when the power goes out.
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Ha! The mystery is solved. Watching Willie Wonka (with Gene Wilder) Mike TV is in his mother's purse, as Gene Wilder called it, Mike's mother corrected him and said it is a pocketbook because it was more expensive!
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