Differences between softwood and hardwood

 Differences between softwood and hardwood 

In this article, I discussed what are the differences between softwood and hardwood in detail.

Properties	Softwood	Hardwood
Colours	Lighter	Darker
Growth	Faster	Slower
Weight	Lighter	Heavier
Density	Low	High
Conversion	Easy	Difficult
Resinous material	More	Less
Strength	Weak but strong along the grain	Strong (along and across the grain )
Annular rings	Distinct	Indistinct
Examples	Chir, fir, deodar etc.	Teak, sal, shishum etc.