Soft vs. Delicate

Soft vs. Delicate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Soft and Delicate

Softadjective

Easily giving way under pressure.

My head sank easily into the soft pillow.

Delicateadjective

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

Those clothes are made from delicate lace.The negotiations were very delicate.

Softadjective

(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

Delicateadjective

Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.

Her face was delicate.The spider wove a delicate web.There was a delicate pattern of frost on the window.

Softadjective

(of a sound) Quiet.

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

Delicateadjective

Intended for use with fragile items.

Set the washing machine to the delicate cycle.
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Softadjective

Gentle.

There was a soft breeze blowing.

Delicateadjective

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.

delicate behaviour; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness

Softadjective

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

soft eyes

Delicateadjective

Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.

a delicate child; delicate health

Softadjective

Gentle in action or motion; easy.

Delicateadjective

(informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.

Please don't speak so loudly: I'm feeling a bit delicate this morning.
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Softadjective

Weak in character; impressible.

Delicateadjective

(obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

Softadjective

Requiring little or no effort; easy.

Delicateadjective

Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

a delicate dish; delicate flavour

Softadjective

Not bright or intense.

soft lighting

Delicateadjective

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.

Softadjective

Having a slight angle from straight.

At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.It's important to dance on soft knees to avoid injury.

Delicateadjective

Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.

a delicate shade of blue

Softadjective

(linguistics) Voiced; sonant.

Delicateadjective

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

Softadjective

voiceless

Delicateadjective

Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.

a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music

Softadjective

palatalized

Delicateadjective

Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.

a delicate thermometer

Softadjective

(slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.

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

Delicatenoun

A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.

Don't put that in with your jeans: it's a delicate!

Softadjective

(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

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

Delicatenoun

(obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.

Softadjective

Foolish.

Delicatenoun

(obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

Softadjective

(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)

Delicateadjective

exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury;

a delicate violin passagedelicate chinaa delicate flavorthe delicate wing of a butterfly

Softadjective

(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.

Delicateadjective

marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique;

a surgeon's delicate touch

Softadjective

Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.

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

Delicateadjective

easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

a kite too delicate to fly safelyfragile porcelain platesfragile old bonesa frail craft

Softadjective

Effeminate.

Delicateadjective

easily hurt;

soft handsa baby's delicate skin

Softadjective

Agreeable to the senses.

a soft linimentsoft wines

Delicateadjective

developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety;

the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense

Softadjective

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

soft coloursthe soft outline of the snow-covered hill

Delicateadjective

difficult to handle; requiring great tact;

delicate negotiations with the big powershesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter

Softinterjection

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

Delicateadjective

of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely;

almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments

Softadverb

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

Softnoun

A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

Softnoun

(motorsports) soft tyre A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.

Softadjective

lacking in hardness relatively or comparatively

Softadjective

metaphorically soft;

my father is a soft touchsoft lighta soft raina soft Southern drawlsoft brown eyesa soft glance

Softadjective

of sound; relatively low in volume;

soft voicessoft music

Softadjective

easily hurt;

soft handsa baby's delicate skin

Softadjective

used chiefly as a direction or description in music;

the piano passages in the composition

Softadjective

used of beverages; not containing alcohol;

nonalcoholic beveragessoft drinks

Softadjective

of speech sounds; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')

Softadjective

tolerant or lenient;

indulgent parents risk spoiling their childrenprocedures are lax and discipline is weaktoo soft on the children

Softadjective

having little impact;

an easy pat on the shouldergentle raina gentle breezea soft (or light) tapping at the window

Softadjective

not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship;

what a cushy job!a soft job

Softadverb

in a relaxed manner; or without hardship;

just wanted to take it easy