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Armchair vs Tall - What's the difference?

armchair | tall |

As adjectives the difference between armchair and tall

is that armchair is (figuratively) remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement while tall is (of a person) having a vertical extent greater than the average for example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.

As a noun armchair

is a chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

armchair

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
  • * , chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
  • * 1928: , (The House at Pooh Corner)
    • when he suddenly saw Piglet sitting in his best armchair he could only stand there rubbing his head and wondering whose house he was in.

    See also

    * arm * chair * couch * sofa * furniture

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
    • These days I'm an armchair detective.
  • (figuratively) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports.
    • He's just an armchair lawyer who thinks he knows a lot about the law because he reads a legal blog on the internet.
    After the American football game, the armchair quarterbacks talked about what they would have done differently to win, if they had been star athletes instead of out-of-shape old men.

    See also

    * armchair general * armchair hawk

    tall

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
  • (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
  • (chiefly, US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
  • (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
  • (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
  • (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
  • (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

    • Antonyms

    * (of a person) short * (of a building) short, low, low-rise

    Derived terms

    * stand tall * tall in the saddle * tall order * tall story * tall tale