List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 92

SYNONYMS: couple, pair, brace, yoke.
These nouns denote two individuals of the same kind together.

Couple does not necessarily imply more than association: a square dance performed by four couples. The term may also mean simply "few": a couple of minutes; a couple of books.
Pair stresses close association and often reciprocal dependence of things (a pair of gloves; a air of pajamas); sometimes it denotes a single thing with interdependent parts (a pair of scissors; a pair of spectacles).
Brace refers principally to certain animals or game birds (a brace of hounds; a brace of partridges), and yoke to two joined draft animals (a yoke of oxen).