Warm vs Soft - What's the difference?

warm | soft |

As a verb warm

is .

As an adjective soft is

easily giving way under pressure.

As an interjection soft is

(archaic) be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

As an adverb soft is

(lb) softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

As a noun soft is

a soft or foolish person; an idiot.

warm

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , with different proposed origins:

(etyl) .

The dispute is due to differing opinions on how initial Proto-Indo-European *g??- evolved in Germanic: some think that *g?? would have turned to *b, and that the root *g??er- would instead have given rise to burn etc. Some have also proposed a merger of the two roots. The term is cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl)/(etyl)/(etyl) (m), (etyl)/(etyl)/(etyl) (m) and (etyl)/(etyl) (m).

Adjective

(er)

Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.

The tea is still warm .

This is a very warm room.

* Longfellow

Warm and still is the summer night.

* 1985 , Robert Ferro, Blue Star

It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm , too young.

Caring and friendly, of relations to another person.

We have a warm friendship .

Having a color in the red-orange-yellow part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

Close, often used in the context of a game in which "warm" and "cold" are used to indicate nearness to the goal.

* Black

Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm ", as children say at blindman's buff.

(archaic) Ardent, zealous.

a warm debate, with strong words exchanged

* Milton

Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!

* Alexander Pope

Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.

* Addison

They say he's a warm man and does not care to be made mouths at.

* Hawthorne

I had been none of the warmest of partisans.

* 1776 , Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , Chapter 1

To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.

(archaic) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; rich.

* Washington Irving

warm householders, every one of them

* Goldsmith

You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.

Synonyms

* See also * See also

Antonyms

* (mild temperature) arctic, cold, cool, frozen * (caring) arctic, cold, cool, frozen

Derived terms

* * lukewarm * warmhearted/warm-hearted * warmish * warmly * warm up / warm-up

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m).

Verb

(en verb)

To make or keep .

* Bible, Isaiah xliv. 15

Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.

* Longfellow

enough to warm , but not enough to burn

To become warm, to heat up.

The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.

To favour increasingly.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.}}

To become ardent or animated.

The speaker warms as he proceeds.

To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.

* Alexander Pope

I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings.

* Keble

Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed .

Derived terms

* like death warmed over

Noun

(en noun)

(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.

(Dickens)

Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?

Statistics

* 1000 English basic words ----

soft

English

Adjective

(er)

Easily giving way under pressure.

My head sank easily into the soft pillow.

(of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.

Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.

soft''' silk; a '''soft skin

* Bible, Matt. xi. 8

They that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

Gentle.

There was a soft breeze blowing.

* Shakespeare

I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; / Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine.

* Tyndale

The meek or soft shall inherit the earth.

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

soft eyes

* Bible, Proverbs xv. 1

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

* Wordsworth

A face with gladness overspread, / Soft smiles, by human kindness bred.

Gentle in action or motion; easy.

* Milton

On her soft axle, white she paces even, / And bears thee soft with the smooth air along.

Weak in character; impressible.

* Glanvill

The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's.

Requiring little or no effort; easy.

a soft job

Not bright or intense.

soft lighting

(of a road intersection) Having an acute angle.

At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the soft left.

(of a sound) Quiet.

I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.

* Shakespeare

Her voice was ever soft , / Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.

(linguistics) voiced, sonant

DH represents the voiced (soft)'' th ''of English these clothes. —

(linguistics, rare) voiceless

(linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized

(slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.

When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.

(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft .

(UK, colloquial) Foolish.

* Burton

He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad.

(physics) 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)

(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.

Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.

The admin imposed a soft''' block/ban on the user or a '''soft lock on the article.

(UK, of a man) Effeminate.

* Jeremy Taylor

A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft , and wandering.

Agreeable to the senses.

a soft liniment

soft wines

* Milton

the soft , delicious air

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

soft colours

the soft outline of the snow-covered hill

* Sir Thomas Browne

The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds made the softest lights imaginable.

Synonyms

* (of a cloth) non-abrasive, fluffy * (gentle) gentle, light, nesh * (of a sound) quiet * (lacking strength or resolve) meek, mild, wimpy, nesh * (foolish) daft, foolish, silly, stupid

Antonyms

* (giving way under pressure) hard, resistant, solid, stony * (of a cloth) abrasive, scratchy * (gentle) harsh, rough, strong * (acute) hard * (of a sound) loud * (lacking strength or resolve) firm, strict, tough * (of water) hard * (foolish) sensible

Derived terms

* soft-boiled * soft copy * soft drink * soften * soft focus * soft-hearted * softly * softness * soft on * soft palate * soft power * soft science fiction * soft serve * soft shoe * soft soap * soft-spoken * soft touch * soft toy * software * softwood * softy

Interjection

(en interjection)

(archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

* Shakespeare

Soft , you; a word or two before you go.

But, soft ! What light through yonder window breaks?

Adverb

(en adverb)

(lb) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

*:A knight soft riding toward them.

*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

Noun

(en noun)

A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

(George Eliot)

Statistics

* 1000 English basic words ----