Difference between Soften and Break

SOFTEN vs BREAK: NOUN

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
A pause from doing something (as work)
Breaking of hard tissue such as bone
Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts
The act of breaking something
Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
The occurrence of breaking
An unexpected piece of good luck
The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
A sudden dash
An escape from jail

SOFTEN vs BREAK: VERB

To make less harsh
To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
To make something soft or softer.
Protect from impact
Lessen in force or effect
Give in, as to influence or pressure
Make less severe or harsh
Make soft or softer
Become soft or softer
Make (images or sounds) soft or softer

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Stop operating or functioning
Act in disregard of laws and rules
Break down, literally or metaphorically
Lessen in force or effect
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
Do a break dance
Cease an action temporarily
Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
Reduce to bankruptcy
Make submissive, obedient, or useful
Fracture a bone of
Surpass in excellence
Terminate
Enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
Make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
Scatter or part
Emerge from the surface of a body of water
Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
Be broken in
Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
Exchange for smaller units of money
Destroy the completeness of a set of related items
Make the opening shot that scatters the balls
Separate from a clinch, in boxing
Fall sharply
Ruin completely
Go to pieces
Break a piece from a whole
Become punctured or penetrated
Pierce or penetrate
Diminish or discontinue abruptly
Be released or become known; of news
Interrupt the flow of current in
Undergo breaking
Find a flaw in
Find the solution or key to
Come into being
Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
Prevent completion
Weaken or destroy in spirit or body
Happen
Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
Become separated into pieces or fragments
Come to an end
Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
Cause to give up a habit
Give up
Come forth or begin from a state of latency
Happen or take place
Cause the failure or ruin of
Interrupt a continued activity
Render inoperable or ineffective
Of the male voice in puberty
Invalidate by judicial action
Change directions suddenly
Move away or escape suddenly

SOFTEN vs BREAK: INTRANSITIVE VERB

To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
To become soft or softer.
To make less harsh, strident, or critical.
To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
To make soft or softer.

To filter in or penetrate.
To intrude.
To burst.
To give way; collapse.
To become unusable or inoperative.
To become fractured.
To become cracked or split.
To train to obey; tame.
To cause to give up a habit.
To give up (a habit).
To cause (a will) to be invalidated because of inconsistency with state inheritance laws or as a result of other legal insufficiency.
To fail to conform to; violate.
To fail to fulfill; cancel.
To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.
To reduce in rank; demote.
To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example).
To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity.
To render useless or inoperative.
To lessen the force or effect of.
To win a game on (an opponent's service), as in tennis.
To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition.
To surpass or outdo.
To make known, as news.
To find the solution or key to; uncover the basic elements and arrangement of.
To find an opening or flaw in.
To make or bring about by cutting or forcing.
To force one's way out of; escape from.
To produce (a sweat) copiously on the skin, as from exercise.
To part or pierce the surface of.
To force or make a way through; puncture or penetrate.
To open (a shotgun or similar firearm) at the breech, as for loading or cleaning.
To render (a circuit) inoperative by disruption; open.
To vary or disrupt the uniformity or continuity of.
To exchange for smaller monetary units.
To destroy the completeness of (a group of related items).
To crack without separating into pieces.
To experience a fracture in (a bone, for example).
To cause to undergo a fracture of (a bone, for example).
To snap off or detach.
To separate into components or parts.
To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting.
To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.

SOFTEN vs BREAK: TRANSITIVE VERB

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

SOFTEN vs BREAK: OTHER WORD TYPES

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.

Crack
Break or crack on the surface only
Become fractured
Of news
Be released or become known
Reduce in rank
Assign to a lower position
Go different ways
As of rules or patterns
Be in violation of
Fail to agree with
Usually by force
Destroy the integrity of
Crack; of the male voice in puberty
An abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Terminate or end

SOFTEN vs BREAK: RELATED WORDS

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

Bump, Breach, Soften, Intermission, Stop, Go, Dampen, Split, Ruin, Weaken, Respite, Interrupt, Recess, Burst, Crack

SOFTEN vs BREAK: DESCRIBE WORDS

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

Bust, Pause, Bump, Breach, Soften, Intermission, Stop, Dampen, Split, Ruin, Weaken, Respite, Interrupt, Burst, Crack

SOFTEN vs BREAK: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

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.

To break the formula into lines; place the cursor in the location where you want to break it.
Fortunately, Excel has the Page Break Preview feature, which lets you view how the pages in a spreadsheet will break before you print it.
Spring Break shall be applicable for all children when one or more is of school age and receives a Spring Break from school.
When you delete a section break, Word combines the text before and after the break into one section.
Although the Vacation budget has been reduced, there is still money you can set aside to make plans for spring break or winter break.
Double click on the page break to select that page break.
Does taking a coffee break affect my ability to take a lunch break?
Thursday night, loitering around at your dorm study break, or taking that extra trip out to Brain Break.
They get too comfortable, break the house, break my things.
The ROW break becomes the innermost break regardless of where you specify it in the BREAK command.

SOFTEN vs BREAK: QUESTIONS

Does opening of adherens junctions by diastolic transistors soften cells?
How do you soften sheets with baking soda and vinegar?
How do you soften rice paper for Vietnamese spring rolls?
How do you soften dried rice noodles before frying?
Should the tour soften its stance on Dustin Johnson?
How do you soften carrots and cucumbers without cooking?
How do you soften cooked dumplings with buttermilk?
Can sperm help soften your cervix during pregnancy?
Does apple cider vinegar soften gallbladder stones?
Is it correct to say soften listen or soften listen?

How do enzymes break down carbon in photosynthesis?
Is Daytona Beach family friendly during spring break?
Does health insurance cover lunch and break activities?
Which regions will the Russian Federation break up?
How to break Windows password using command prompt?
Why do activated complex break apart into reactants?
Are car modifications that break regulations illegal?
Does Bulletproof Coffee Break Your intermittent fast?
How does dehumanization break down moral inhibitions?
Can a break in a contract of employment break continuity?

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOFTEN AND BREAK

SOFTEN vs BREAK: NOUN

SOFTEN vs BREAK: VERB

SOFTEN vs BREAK: INTRANSITIVE VERB

SOFTEN vs BREAK: TRANSITIVE VERB

SOFTEN vs BREAK: OTHER WORD TYPES

SOFTEN vs BREAK: RELATED WORDS

SOFTEN vs BREAK: DESCRIBE WORDS

SOFTEN vs BREAK: SENTENCE EXAMPLES

SOFTEN vs BREAK: QUESTIONS