softness vs feebleness

feebleness vs softness

softness and feebleness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
softness	Yes	No	No	No
feebleness	Yes	No	No	No

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

softness: poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
feebleness: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Other hyponyms of softness include debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism, disability, disablement, handicap, impairment.

softness (noun)	feebleness (noun)
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded	the quality of lacking intensity or substance
a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
a disposition to be lenient in judging others
acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare
a state of declining economic condition
poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing

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