low vs soft

adj

Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
Being a nadir, a bottom.
Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
Dead. (Compare lay low.)
Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
Below the batter's knees.
Humble, meek, not haughty.
Low-cut.
Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
Favoring simplicity (see e.g. low church, Low Tory).
Being near the equator.
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
Simple in complexity or development.
Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.

noun

An area of low pressure; a depression.
The minimum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
A cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous price.
A period of depression; a depressed mood or situation.
A flame; fire; blaze.
A low point or position, literally (as, a depth) or or figuratively (as, a nadir, a time when things are at their worst, least, minimum, etc).
The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
Barrow, mound, tumulus.

adv

In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
In a time approaching our own.
In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
Close to the ground.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.

verb

adj

Physically or emotionally weak.
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.
Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
softcore.
Palatalized.
Not bright or intense.
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