different between softened vs charientism

English

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?f?nd/, enPR: s?f??nd
(General American) IPA^(key): /?s?f?nd/, enPR: sôf??nd
(General American, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?f?nd/, enPR: s?f??nd
Hyphenation: soft?ened

softened (comparative more softened, superlative most softened)

softened

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (kharientismós).

charientism (uncountable)

(rhetoric, rare) A figure of speech wherein an insult is disguised as or softened by a jest.

This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.

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