Hardness
Hardness noun - The quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism).
Usage example: the aunt's hardness gradually crumbled under the influence of the little orphan's endearing ways
Softness
Softness noun - The property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded.
Both words in one sentence
- The scale primarily gauges the "hardness" of music in genres that are usually perceived by many as having a quality of "hardness or softness", and is named as such because rock and metal music are the two genres that exemplified and defined musical hardness.
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