Gentle
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition Soft and mild rather than hard or severe Docile and easily managed Gradual rather than steep or sudden Polite and respectful rather than rude
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to become gentle to ennoble to break; to tame; to domesticate To soothe; to calm.
Example sentence: Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
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: Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.