doormat vs softie

doormat and softie both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
doormat	Yes	No	No	No
softie	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, softie is a hyponym of doormat; that is, softie is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than doormat:

Other hyponyms of doormat include namby-pamby, softy, chicken, crybaby, wimp.

doormat (noun)	softie (noun)
a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering	a person who is weak and excessively sentimental
a person who is physically weak and ineffectual