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"Hard" is the "hardest" of materials. "Firm" is not quite hard, but not soft either. "Soft" is not hard at all. A good analogy would be cooking steak; - Har
by m4tthumphrey 6y ago
"Hard" is the "hardest" of materials.
"Firm" is not quite hard, but not soft either.
"Soft" is not hard at all.
A good analogy would be cooking steak;
- Hard = well done
- Firm = medium
- Soft = rare
Edit: explaining this was harder than I initially thought...
- ajuc 6y agoThat's funny, we have similar words to firm ("jędrny"/"sprężysty"/"elastyczny"), but they aren't on the soft-hard scale, they are independent property. I wouldn't guess that firm is between hard and soft in English.