Liquefy vs Soften - What's the difference?
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(physics, chemistry) To make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid.
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(cooking) To make into a liquid by mashing, such as by using a blender.
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To make something soft or softer.
To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up ).
To make less harsh
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To become soft or softer
Liquefy is a related term of soften.
As verbs the difference between liquefy and soften
is that liquefy is (physics|chemistry) to make into a liquid, either by condensing a gas or by melting a solid while soften is to make something soft or softer.liquefy
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Alternative forms
* liquifyVerb
- Faraday succeeded in liquefying' a certain number of gases by compression and refrigeration, but there still remained a number that proved absolutely refractory to the most powerful agencies; hence these gases were called ''permanent''. A retired manufacturer, who at the same time is a distinguished man of science, M. Cailletet, has subdued the permanent gases, having succeeded in ' liquefying and solidifying them.
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- Place crayfish and fresh pepper in a blender, add small water, liquefy and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.
Synonyms
* (make liquid from gas) condense * (make liquid from solid) meltSee also
* freeze * solidify * vaporizesoften
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Verb
(en verb)- Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.
- Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
- Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.
- The butter softened as it warmed up.