Here's a question: The hand was gentle, I washed around the dirt soly and softly.  But the chemicals were a different story.  They were very what?

Here are possible answers to this question:
- harsh
- firm
- hatred
- rough
- hard

I believe the correct choice is "harsh", here's why:


"a different story" tells us that we are looking for the opposite of gentle; harsh is the best option for being the opposite of gentle