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Ouvert vs Couvert - What's the difference?

ouvert | couvert |

As nouns the difference between ouvert and couvert

is that ouvert is a position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart while couvert is cover charge.

ouvert

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ballet) A position in which the feet are apart, or a movement which brings them apart.
  • (fashion) An open-crotch undergarment.
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    couvert

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • cover charge
  • * 1941 , Federal Writers' Project, Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
    • Earl Carroll's Theater-Restaurant, 6230 Sunset Blvd. Dinner from 7:30 to 11 p.m., no couvert ; without dinner, admission charge.
  • * 1965 , The Spectator
    • the habit of hotel restaurants charging a couvert to residents, and of clubs charging table money to their own members.
  • * 2010 , Karen Torme Olson, Frommer's Croatia
    • The couvert is a “cover charge” that is a prima facie charge for bread, which is brought to the table automatically in most places.
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