hard vs soft

hard

adj
  • Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market. 

  • In a physical form, not digital. 

  • Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength). 

  • Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off. 

  • Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle. 

  • Containing alcohol. 

  • Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading. 

  • Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows. 

  • Strong. 

  • Sexually aroused; having an erect penis. 

  • Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with. 

  • Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal. 

  • Unquestionable, unequivocal. 

  • Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. 

  • Tough and muscular. 

  • High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium. 

  • Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft). 

  • Demanding a lot of effort to endure. 

  • Far, extreme. 

  • Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized. 

  • Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command. 

  • Hardened; having unusually strong defences. 

  • Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise. 

  • Resistant to pressure. 

  • hardcore 

  • Plosive. 

  • Unvoiced. 

adv
  • With much force or effort. 

  • Compactly. 

  • With difficulty. 

noun
  • Crack cocaine. 

  • A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums. 

  • Hard labor. 

  • A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water. 

soft

adj
  • Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market. 

  • Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard) 

  • Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind. 

  • Requiring little or no effort; easy. 

  • Voiced; sonant; lenis. 

  • Voiceless. 

  • Gentle. 

  • Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy. 

  • Low in dissolved calcium compounds. 

  • Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh. 

  • Easily giving way under pressure. 

  • Emulated with software; not physically real. 

  • Not likely to cause addiction. 

  • Not containing alcohol. 

  • Weak in character; impressible. 

  • Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye. 

  • Gentle in action or motion; easy. 

  • Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action. 

  • Effeminate. 

  • softcore. 

  • Palatalized. 

  • Not bright or intense. 

  • Physically or emotionally weak. 

  • Foolish. 

  • Agreeable to the senses. 

  • Having a slight angle from straight. 

  • Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows. 

  • Quiet. 

noun
  • A soft sound or part of a sound. 

  • A soft or foolish person; an idiot. 

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