What is the difference between soft key and normal key?

Answer 1

A normal key is when you type on a keyboard or cell phone a letter or number and that is what shows on the screen. For example you type a X you see a X, you type a 9 you see a 9. The keys function is only to produce that letter or number. A soft key is keys on a keyboard or cell phone will preform multiple functions. Like the function keys or 'F-Keys'. These keys can be programmed to do more than one task at a time. Or on a cell phone you can hit the number 3 and a 3 will show on the screen or if you hold the 3 key for a moment it will call a programmed phone number.

Answer 2

One is soft and the other is not.