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Coach vs Shove - What's the difference?

coach | shove |

As nouns the difference between coach and shove

is that coach is a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power while shove is a rough push.

As verbs the difference between coach and shove

is that coach is (sports) to train while shove is to push, especially roughly or with force.

coach

English

Noun

(es)
  • A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  • (rail) A railroad car drawn by a locomotive.
  • A trainer or instructor.
  • (British) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired bus.
  • (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under the quarter deck.
  • * Samuel Pepys
  • The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach .
  • That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying standard fare.
  • John flew coach to Vienna, but first-class back home.

    Synonyms

    * (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power) carriage * (railroad car drawn by a locomotive) carriage

    Derived terms

    * coachable * coach and horses * coachbuilder * coach dog * coacher * coach horse * coach lamp * coachman * coachmaster * coach roof * coachwork * head coach * life coach * roach coach * slip coach * stagecoach

    Verb

    (es)
  • (sports) To train.
  • To instruct; to train.
  • She has coached many opera stars.
  • To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it ).
  • * E. Waterhouse
  • Coaching it to all quarters.
  • To convey in a coach.
  • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * coachability

    shove

    English

    Verb

    (shov)
  • To push, especially roughly or with force.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all}}
  • To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off .
  • * Garth
  • He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
  • To make an all-in bet.
  • (label) To pass (counterfeit money).
  • Derived terms

    * shover * shove off * shove-it * push and shove * shove ha'penny

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough push.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • I rested and then gave the boat another shove .
  • (poker slang) An all-in bet.
  • Derived terms

    * when push comes to shove