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Sofa vs Seesaw - What's the difference?

sofa | seesaw |

As nouns the difference between sofa and seesaw

is that sofa is sofa while seesaw is a structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down; a teeter-totter.

As a verb seesaw is

to use a seesaw.

As an adjective seesaw is

fluctuating.

sofa

English

(wikipedia sofa)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An upholstered seat, typically having sides and back, long enough to accommodate two or more people.

    • Synonyms

    * couch * divan * settee

    See also

    * love seat

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    seesaw

    English

    Alternative forms

    * see-saw

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down; a teeter-totter
  • a series of up-and-down movements.
  • a series of alternating movements or feelings
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
    • He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 5 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=QPR 2 - 3 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Manchester City kept up their unbeaten start to the Premier League season with victory over QPR in an entertaining see-saw encounter at Loftus Road.}}

    Synonyms

    * (structure of a plank balanced in the middle) teeter-totter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To use a seesaw.
  • To fluctuate.
  • To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
  • * Ld. Lytton
    • He seesaws himself to and fro.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fluctuating.
    • English reduplications