weakness vs soft spot

soft spot vs weakness

weakness and soft spot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weakness	Yes	No	No	No
soft spot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, soft spot is a hyponym of weakness; that is, soft spot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weakness:

weakness: the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
soft spot: a place of especial vulnerability

Other hyponyms of weakness include littleness, smallness, adynamia, feebleness, tenuity, faintness, flimsiness, shoddiness, delicacy, fragility, insubstantiality, attenuation, enervation, fatigability, inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness, weak part, weak spot, vulnerability.

weakness (noun)	soft spot (noun)
the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain	a place of especial vulnerability
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act	any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you	a sentimental affection
a flaw or weak point
the condition of being financially weak

Difference between weakness and soft spot

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