soft vs strong

soft

adj
  • Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

strong

adj
  • Not easily subdued or taken. 

  • Highly stimulating to the senses. 

  • Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. 

  • Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. 

  • Having a specified number of people or units. 

  • Severe; very bad or intense. 

  • Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.) 

  • Capable of producing great physical force. 

  • Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels. 

  • Determined; unyielding. 

  • Having a high alcoholic content. 

  • Having wealth or resources. 

  • Impressive, good. 

  • That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution. 

  • Convincing. 

  • Having a lot of power. 

  • Capable of withstanding great physical force. 

adv
  • In a strong manner. 

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