Difference between Cottony and Soft

What is the difference between Cottony and Soft?

Cottony as an adjective is having some characteristics of cotton; soft and fluffy while Soft as an adjective is giving way under pressure.

Cottony

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having some characteristics of cotton; soft and fluffy

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: A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit!

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

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