braze vs soften

braze

verb
  • To cover with brass, or as with brass. 

  • To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness. 

noun
  • A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore. 

soften

verb
  • To make something soft or softer. 

  • To palatalize. 

  • To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite. 

  • To make less harsh 

  • To become soft or softer 

  • To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up). 

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