Difference between Weaken and Soften

WEAKEN vs SOFTEN: VERB

To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute.

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate.
To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit.

To render less hard; -- said of matter.
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
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 tender; to make effeminate; to enervate.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite.

To become weak or weaker: as, he weakens from day to day.
To make weak or weaker; lesson or reduce the strength, power, ability, influence, or quality of: as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken a solution or infusion by dilution; to weaken the force of an argument.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become weak or weaker.

To make soft, or more soft.
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 tender; make effeminate; enervate: as, troops softened by luxury.
To make less harsh or severe, less rude, less offensive or violent; mitigate: as, to soften an expression.
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 strong or intense in sound; make less loud; make smooth to the ear: as, to soften the voice.
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 pass by soft, imperceptible degrees; melt; blend.
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.

Undercut, Worsen, Diminish, Erode, De escalate, Step down, Countermine, Damp, Break, Counteract, Sabotage, Subvert, Soften, Dampen, Undermine

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

Hamper, Hinder, Cripple, Undercut, Worsen, Diminish, Erode, Countermine, Damp, Break, Counteract, Subvert, Soften, Dampen, Undermine

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

There are traumas in life that weaken us.
Stretching the truth will only weaken your case.
Muscles tend to shorten and weaken with age.
It can even weaken the entire immune system.
Virtually all knots weaken line in various degrees.
All of that can weaken your lash lift.
Farm laws will weaken mandi system: Sharad Pawar.
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Gaonic authority and caliphal authority were, the ga on implied, bound up with each other: weaken one and you weaken the other.
To weaken one is to weaken the other.

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.
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My tears are meant to soften you, like waves soften rocks and, eventually, turn them into water.