What's the difference between coach and settee?

Coach


Definition:

  • (n.) A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
  • (n.) A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race.
  • (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
  • (n.) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
  • (v. t.) To convey in a coach.
  • (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
  • (v. i.) To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Both Ken Whisenhunt and Lovie Smith were fired as head coaches after the 2012 season.
  • (2) Uruguay's coach, Oscar Tabárez, had insisted yesterday that his player should face only a one-match ban.
  • (3) You just have to be the first person to spot a coach.
  • (4) The Ajax coach Frank de Boer has confirmed that Tottenham Hotspur have approached the Amsterdam club to test his interest in coaching the club.
  • (5) Massive pay packets are being used to lure foreign coaches and players from footballing nations such as Brazil in order to beautify the still dismal Chinese game.
  • (6) Thank you to Manchester United, not just the directors, coaching staff, medical staff, the players, the fans, all of you – you have been the most fantastic experience of my life, so thank you.
  • (7) Undeterred, the new coach, who also had the expanded recruitment role of general manager, began to exploit Beckham’s strengths, particularly his long passing, while compensating for his increasing loss of mobility by pairing him deep in midfield with the industrious, ball-winning Brazilian Juninho.
  • (8) They arrived on the second coach to carry unaccompanied refugee children from Calais to Britain in two days .
  • (9) Baker was proud of having fired her dramatic coach from the set and needing a maximum of only five takes for the difficult actress.
  • (10) Following a run which included eight straight draws in the Premier League and a 3-0 defeat at Tottenham last Wednesday, Mubarak had reached the conclusion that Hughes and his coaching staff were not realising the potential of the players City had assembled.
  • (11) Campbell said that for the new initiative to succeed there needed to be a fundamental overhaul in the way sports clubs were organised and a determined move to professionalise coaching.
  • (12) New offensive coach Tony Sparano was also a fan of Wildcat packages when he was head coach in Miami.
  • (13) If you go by 2014 alone, most wouldn't think of Johnson, but the little things a coach loves may have led to a biased choice.
  • (14) Anyone still imagining that it was only the defender’s recovery from injury rather than his form that was preventing him from starting (and it’s been clear for a while that’s not the case) might have noted the coach’s instructions to Gonzalez to be ready to play a few minutes when needed, either as an extra defender or even in a pinch as an extra forward.
  • (15) Katie has her benefits frozen, leaving her penniless, while Daniel, a man whose doctor says he is too ill to work, has to spend 35 hours a week applying for jobs he can’t take, on the orders of the jobcentre “work coach”.
  • (16) He was appointed head coach of the Ligue 2 club Metz in June 2015 but left in December with them in sixth place.
  • (17) Statistical analyses (p less than .001) indicated that female coaches were (a) more qualified than their male counterparts with respect to coaching experience with female teams, professional training, and professional experience; (b) as qualified as male coaches with regard to intercollegiate playing experience; and (c) less qualified than male coaches with respect to high school playing experience and coaching experience with male teams.
  • (18) These cases fall into two categories: situations where offspring are provided with opportunities to practice skills ("opportunity teaching"), and instances where the behavior of young is either encouraged or punished by adults ("coaching").
  • (19) But somewhere along the way, his passion for good, fresh food – admirable and infectious in every respect – appears to have transformed into evangelical life-coaching.
  • (20) Beckham has fallen out of favour at Real this season under new coach Fabio Capello, and had previously been linked with a number of major English and European sides, including Bolton, Newcastle, Internazionale and AC Milan, as well as various Major League Soccer sides.

Settee


Definition:

  • (n.) A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
  • (n.) A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) While Auden and Britten are much grander characters than, say, Maggie Smith's nervy vicar's wife in Bed Among the Lentils or Thora Hird's Doris in A Cream Cracker Under the Settee trying to stave off the care home, they share the same disappointments – loneliness, self-doubt, age.
  • (2) We got into Harry Cross' house and rolled up some of those funny cigarettes on his settee, he thought it was hilarious."
  • (3) Apparently, it spat the battery out, which went underneath the settee.” It was only recently that the couple had started sleeping in the front bedroom.
  • (4) However, Rupert Murdoch was sitting in the editor’s chair while Larry reclined on the settee the other side of the room.
  • (5) Molly works because, while Watson is "the audience", Molly is every woman of a certain age sitting at home on the settee fantasising about running their hands through Benedict Cumberbatch's hair.
  • (6) Following the introduction of picture referencing across two more complex tasks, four students independently completed more complex love seat and settee assemblies in fewer trials than required during their initial chair assembly.
  • (7) All these adverts should be for horrible cheap unsold settees, that's what I think I'm trying to say here.
  • (8) At its height we were seeing up to 640 calls a day on unexpected fees, but we’re pleased to say we’re seeing this decrease on account of the actions we’re taking to help stop these sharp practices.” Wendy Scurr from Middlesborough, who lives on disability benefits, looked for a loan online to buy a new settee.
  • (9) Various venues Richard Herring: Lord Of The Dance Settee, On tour Stewart Lee’s former double-act partner Richard Herring has done more than most stand-ups to explore the potential of multiple media platforms as vehicles for his comedy.
  • (10) Taking its title from a wilful childhood misinterpretation of a hymn, his new show Lord Of The Dance Settee is a celebration of lifelong daftness, full of elaborately constructed flights of illogical fancy and moments of gleeful childishness.
  • (11) At its height we were seeing up to 640 calls a day on unexpected fees.” Wendy Scurr from Middlesborough, who lives on disability benefits, looked for a loan online to buy a new settee.
  • (12) You'd close the curtains, shut out the sun, clear the diary and settle down on the settee for hour after hour of interviews, analysis, shots of fans walking up Wembley Way and Des Lynam trying desperately to fill the time, with all the while the stadium slowy filling up in the background.
  • (13) It is the favourite programme of the Royle Family – the boggle-eyed, settee-bound relatives sang along dreamily to the theme tune in last year's Christmas special.