Difference between Soften and Attenuate

SOFTEN vs ATTENUATE: ADJECTIVE

To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous.
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
To make less glaring; to tone down.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate.

To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.

To make less strong or intense in sound; make less loud; make smooth to the ear: as, to soften the voice.
To make less glaring; tone down; make less sharp or harsh: as, to soften the coloring of a picture; to soften the outline of something.
To make less harsh or severe, less rude, less offensive or violent; mitigate: as, to soften an expression.
To make tender; make effeminate; enervate: as, troops softened by luxury.
To mollify; make less fierce or intractable; make more susceptible of humane or fine feelings: as, to soften a hard heart; to soften savage natures.
To make soft, or more soft.
To pass by soft, imperceptible degrees; melt; blend.
To become less rude, harsh, severe, or cruel; grow less obstinate or obdurate; become more susceptible of humane feelings and tenderness; relent.
To become soft or less hard.
To remove from (natural water) the hardness due to the presence of salts of calcium or magnesium in solution. In the case of temporary hardness, boiling the water or adding to it a carefully determined proportion of calcium hydroxid is used to produce softening; in the case of permanent hardness, sodium carbonate, not in too large excess, may be added. See hardness, 2.

Slender; thin.
In botany, tapering gradually to a narrow extremity.
Of thin consistency; dilute; rarefied.
To make thin or slender; reduce in thickness; wear or draw down: as, an attenuated thread or wire.
To reduce by comminution or attrition; make small or fine: as, extremely attenuated particles of dust or flour.
To make thin or rare; reduce in density; increase the fluidity or rarity of.
To lessen in complexity or intensity; reduce in strength or energy; simplify; weaken: as, the attenuated remedies of the homeopathists.
Figuratively, to weaken or reduce in force, effect, or value; render meager or jejune; fine down.
To lessen; diminish: said of number. Howell.
To become thin, slender, or fine; diminish; lessen.
In brewing and distilling, to undergo the process of attenuation. See attenuation, 4.

Diminish, Lighten, Soothe, Loosen, Lessen, Yield, Mince, Buffer, Damp, Break, Cushion, Moderate, Relent, Dampen, Weaken

Alleviate, Dampen, Reduce, Soften, Minimize, Weaken, Diminish, Lessen, Mitigate, Ameliorate, Rarefy, Faded, Decreased, Weakened, Reduced

Assuage, Sweeten, Diminish, Soothe, Loosen, Lessen, Yield, Mince, Buffer, Damp, Break, Cushion, Moderate, Dampen, Weaken

Mitigating, Dampen, Reduce, Soften, Minimize, Weaken, Diminish, Lessen, Mitigate, Ameliorate, Rarefy, Faded, Decreased, Weakened, Reduced

May your memories help to soften her passing.
We used a router to soften the edge.
Moisten your brush so its bristles soften up.
Ragu soften and mellow into the sauce Ingredients.
It does not soften appreciablywhen immersed in water.
How to soften duck canvas: One of the tips you need to use to soften duck cloth is to do a test run first.
Once it starts to soften, I dot it on my face and allow it to soften even more.
As the fire will soften iron, so Makaya will soften the heart.
Personal use that allows you to find the meaning and all words formed with soften, anagrams soften.
My tears are meant to soften you, like waves soften rocks and, eventually, turn them into water.

Renal Dendritic Cells Attenuate Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity Independent of Neutrophil Regulation.
These cancel or attenuate sentences handed down by jurisdictions.
Check that Output Attenuate is not set too low.
Predatory Bacteria Attenuate Klebsiella pneumoniae Burden in Rat Lungs.
Use neutral density filters to attenuate the infrared beam.
Physical activity and exercise attenuate neuroinflammation in neurological diseases.
Nevertheless, several of these substitutions differentially attenuate growth.
DDR to attenuate replicative stress and genomic instability.
With suffixes one can highlight, modify or attenuate.
If we attenuate the consider modifications mass media.