politeness - Which is more polite, "Would you" or "Could you ...

Suppose you want to ask someone to do something, say to tell you the way to a station. …

I agree with FumbleFingers; I feel like "could you" would be almost too polite and create …

Could you explain it to me (if you weren't doing something else right now)? If we mean to use …

Could you please lend me your pen? All of them are polite requests. In general: could you …

No. Both are 100% grammatically correct and natural. While "could you" can mean "would …

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