Subdued vs Quelled - What's the difference?
subdued | quelled |
Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
(subdue)
(quell)
(obsolete) To kill.
To subdue, to put down; to silence or force (someone) to submit.
* Macaulay
* Longfellow
To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.
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(obsolete) To be subdued or abated; to diminish.
* Spenser
To die.
* Spenser
As verbs the difference between subdued and quelled
is that subdued is (subdue) while quelled is (quell).As an adjective subdued
is conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.subdued
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- he is subdued after the disagreement last night.
- the colour scheme used for this room is subdued .
Verb
(head)- He subdued the dog yesterday.
quelled
English
Verb
(head)quell
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- (Spenser)
- The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority.
- Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt.
- to quell grief
- to quell the tumult of the soul
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- Winter's wrath begins to quell .
- Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell .