The difference between Soap and Soft soap

When used as nouns, soap means a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made, whereas soft soap means jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide.


Soap is also verb with the meaning: to apply soap to in washing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Soap and Soft soap

  1. Soap as a noun (uncountable):

    a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made

    Examples:

    "I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away."

  2. Soap as a noun (chemistry):

    a metallic derived from a

  3. Soap as a noun:

    a or excessively conversation

  4. Soap as a noun (slang):

    , specially when used for purposes

  5. Soap as a noun (countable, informal):

    A soap opera.

  1. Soap as a verb (transitive):

    To apply soap to in washing.

    Examples:

    "Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing."

  2. Soap as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To cover, lather or in any other form treat with soap, often as a prank.

    Examples:

    "Those kids soaped my windows!"

  3. Soap as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To be discreet about (a topic).

  4. Soap as a verb (slang, dated):

    To flatter; to wheedle.

  1. Soft soap as a noun:

    jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide

  2. Soft soap as a noun:

    any fluid or semifluid soap

  3. Soft soap as a noun:

  1. Soft soap as a verb:

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