Difference between Continuant and Soft

What is the difference between Continuant and Soft?

Continuant as a noun is a linguistic sound other than a stop while Soft as an adjective is giving way under pressure.

Continuant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A linguistic sound other than a stop A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.

Soft

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Giving way under pressure.Smooth and flexible.Gentle.Having an acute angle.Quiet.voiced, sonantvoicelesspalatalizedLacking strength or resolve, wimpy.Low in dissolved calcium compounds.(Northern British, colloquial) Foolish.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. (c.f. hard)

Example sentence: I greatly enjoyed the Hawaiian Islands. They are a real little paradise in spite of the influx of Americans who have made it one of their most pleasant 'centers of resort': the soft climate and luxuriance of the tropics; the greenness, the fragrance, the flowers - extraordinary flowers covering the tallest trees and turning them into huge bouquets.

We hope you now know whether to use Continuant or Soft in your sentence.

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