Quiescent vs Implicit - What's the difference?
quiescent | implicit | Related terms |
Inactive, at rest, quiet.
* Professor Wilson
(grammar) Not sounded; silent.
Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed
* 1983 , (Ronald Reagan),
Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown
Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
* 1765 , Anonymous,
(obsolete) entangled, twisted together.
* Alexander Pope
Quiescent is a related term of implicit.
As adjectives the difference between quiescent and implicit
is that quiescent is inactive, at rest, quiet while implicit is implicit.quiescent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.
- In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist.
- The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know".
Synonyms
* still * tranquilDerived terms
* quiescence * quiescentlySee also
* acquiescent * quiesce ----implicit
English
Adjective
(-)- The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.
- He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.
- In his woolly fleece I cling implicit .