Difference between Gentleness and Softness

What is the difference between Gentleness and Softness?

Gentleness as a noun is the state of being gentle. while Softness as a noun is a state of being soft

Gentleness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being gentle.

Example sentence: Good directors can bring certain things out of you, with their intensity or gentleness or sensitivity or understanding. They can make an actor feel he can do no wrong.

Softness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a state of being soft

Example sentence: In Arizona, we're at 7,000 feet, so we're above half of the world's atmosphere. It's crisp but hard, a side-raking light that can be revealing but doesn't have the softness that maritime air has.

We hope you now know whether to use Gentleness or Softness in your sentence.

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