Soft Light
Soft light is light that creates shadows with a gradual transition from light to dark. There are no hard shadow lines. It is created from a scattered or diffused light source. Soft light is found where the lighting is indirect or where it passes through a diffuser, clouds or some other medium which scatters the light. Diffused light can be light that has bounced off one or more surfaces before it hits a photographic target.
Soft light may be created by many light sources which prevents the harsh shadows created by a single hard light source. A soft light source is large (relative to the subject being lit) and/or close to the subject.

Soft light creates gentle lines with gradual
transition of the shadows from light to dark.

A softbox creates diffused, soft light.
Light and Lighting
Softbox (photographic glossary)
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Soft Light (Information and use)
Soft Light (Definition)
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