No, this description is old and now meaningless. Balsa is a hardwood!
Yes they do.
because hardwood takes its time to grow so its hard to renew.
One obvious difference is that Hardwood has leaves and soft wood has needles. Hard wood will lose its leaves. and hard woods is actually softer than soft wood! and the same with soft wood... pretty cool huh?
Soft water has many advantages including leaving dishes cleaner and shinier than if washed with hard water. Soft water also leaves your skin and hair softer and healthier.
Ball is hard on outside,but the core is soft,not allowing it to travel as far and fast as a baseball,hence the name Softball.
All woods are hard but depending what your description what of hard is like rock can be really soft compared to iron and wool can be harder than a polyester fleece throw
The one with "softer" in it.
H stands for Hard B stands for Black Pencils are graded according to hardness of the lead or softness. Example: 3H is very hard 2H is quite hard, but less hard than 3H H is hard HB is middle B is softer than HB B2 is softer still 3B is very soft almost like a charcoal
Most metals are harder than most common wood materials but there are extreem hard woods and very soft metals (even one metal is liquid: Mercury!).
Don't hit it as hard, or use a softer mallet.
gold can be both soft and hard depending on how pure it is, pure gold (24K) is softer than a gold alloy. And the lower the number the harder it is. 10K is harder than 14K, 14K is harder than 18K, and 18K is harder than 24K (pure gold).
Gold can be both soft and hard depending on how pure it is, pure gold (24K) is softer than a gold alloy. And the lower the number the harder it is. 10K is harder than 14K, 14K is harder than 18K, and 18K is harder than 24K (pure gold).