different between soft vs calm
soft
English
Etymology
From Middle English softe, from Old English s?fte, alteration of earlier s?fte (“soft”), from Proto-West Germanic *samft? (“level, even, smooth, soft, gentle”) (compare *s?miz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *semptio-, *semtio-, from *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with West Frisian sêft (“gentle; soft”), Dutch zacht (“soft”), German Low German sacht (“soft”), German sanft (“soft, yielding”), Old Norse sœmr (“agreeable, fitting”), samr (“same”). More at seem, same.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?ft, IPA(key): /s?ft/
- (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /s??ft/
- (General American) enPR: sôft, IPA(key): /s?ft/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /s?ft/, enPR: s?ft
- Rhymes: -?ft
Adjective
soft (comparative softer, superlative softest)
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Gentle.
- There was a soft breeze blowing.
- c. 1533, William Tyndale, An exposicion upon of Mathew
- The meek or soft shall inherit the earth.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, To a Highland Girl
- A face with gladness overspread, / Soft smiles, by human kindness bred.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, To a Highland Girl
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- Before that they had been a good deal on the move, trekking about after the white man, who was one of those rolling stones that keep going round after a soft job.
- 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Beach of Falesá
- Not bright or intense.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
- 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- DH represents the voiced (soft) th of English these clothes.
- 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- (linguistics, rare) voiceless
- (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- (Britain, colloquial) Foolish.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy
- He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Essential Anatomy of Melancholy
- (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.
- (Britain, of a man) Effeminate.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- 1673, Edward Browne, A Brief Account of some Travels in Hungaria, Styria, Bulgaria, Thessaly, Austria, Serbia, Carynthia, Carniola, and Friuli
- The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds […] made the softest lights imaginable.
- 1673, Edward Browne, A Brief Account of some Travels in Hungaria, Styria, Bulgaria, Thessaly, Austria, Serbia, Carynthia, Carniola, and Friuli
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
Synonyms
- (giving way under pressure): see Thesaurus:soft
- (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
Translations
See also
- mollify
Interjection
soft
- (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
Adverb
soft (comparative more soft, superlative most soft)
- (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
- 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
soft (plural softs)
- A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
- 1859, George Eliot, Adam Bede Part I, Chapter 9
- It'll do you no good to sit in a spring-cart o' your own, if you've got a soft to drive you: he'll soon turn you over into the ditch.
- 1859, George Eliot, Adam Bede Part I, Chapter 9
- (motorsports) Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
- (colloquial) A soft sound or part of a sound.
- 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro (page 103)
- The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […]
- 2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro (page 103)
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English soft(ware).
Noun
soft m
- (colloquial) software, program
- 18 March 1999, CD-R 74min X 80min, Group cz.comp.ibmpc:
- Zajimalo by mne, zda jsou tyto CD schopna pracovat na plnou kapacitu s normalnimi vypalovackami a beznym softem nebo je na ne potreba mit extra vypalovadlo i soft?
- 19 March 2009, Zalohovaci SW, Group cz.talk:
- Pokud t?ch dat máte víc, pak tím TARem sta?í zálohovat základ systému a zbytek ?ešit zálohovacím softem, kterej umí d?lit archiv na n?kolik pásek.
- 2 April 2010, gsm modul / telefon, Group cz.comp.linux:
- ma nekdo nejake zkusenosti s takovym zarizenim ci softem kterym to ovladat?
- 18 March 1999, CD-R 74min X 80min, Group cz.comp.ibmpc:
Declension
Further reading
- soft in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- soft in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English soft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?ft/
Noun
soft m (plural softs)
- (sexuality) soft porn
- (computing, uncountable) Software.
- (computing, countable) A piece of software.
Adjective
soft (plural softs)
- softcore (pornography)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English soft.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ft/
Adjective
soft (invariable)
- soft (tone etc; temporary (computing))
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English soft(ware).
Noun
soft m inan
- (colloquial) software, program
soft From the web:
- what software does pixar use
- what softball games are on today
- what softens stool
- what software does joanna gaines use
- what soft foods can i eat
- what software do vtubers use
- what software do graphic designers use
- what software does beeple use
calm
English
Alternative forms
- calme (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English calm, calme, from Old French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from ???? (kaí?, “I burn”), or possibly from Latin cale?. Compare also Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m/, /k?lm/, /k?(?)m/
- (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /kam/
- Rhymes: -??m
- (nonstandard, now chiefly dialect) IPA(key): /ka?m/
Adjective
calm (comparative calmer or more calm, superlative calmest or most calm)
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- Antonyms: stressed, nervous, anxious
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- Antonym: disturbed
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
- Antonyms: windy, stormy
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:calm
Derived terms
- calm as a millpond
- ice-calm
Translations
Noun
calm (countable and uncountable, plural calms)
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- A period of time without wind.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:calmness
Derived terms
- ice-calm
Translations
Verb
calm (third-person singular simple present calms, present participle calming, simple past and past participle calmed)
- (transitive) To make calm.
- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
- (intransitive) To become calm.
Synonyms
- allay, appease, calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdue
Antonyms
- agitate
- excite
Translations
Anagrams
- ALCM, CAML, CLAM, Caml, Malc, clam
Catalan
Etymology
From calma, probably in imitation of French calme (adjective) and Spanish calmo.
Adjective
calm (feminine calma, masculine plural calms, feminine plural calmes)
- calm
Related terms
- calma
- calmar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French calme.
Noun
calm n (plural calmuri)
- composure (calmness of mind or matter, self-possession)
Related terms
- calma
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- what calms anxiety
- what calms an upset stomach
- what calms acid reflux
- what calms dogs down
- what calms cats down
- what calms a dogs stomach
- what calms nausea
- what calms nerves
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