ifference between 404 & Soft 404 errors?

[MVMinfotech18]

ifference between 404 & Soft 404 errors?

[thaichacha]

Soft 404 is when server redirects to a customised page to stop user from viewing the requested resource. There might be cases like a 404 has happened or it may not happened. A "soft 404" is when a document describing a 404 error is returned by the server with a 200 OK status code in the HTTP headers.

[John-Smith]

Thaichacha what about 404? OP asked about soft 404 & 404 both!