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Quiescent vs Lifeless - What's the difference?

quiescent | lifeless | Related terms |

Quiescent is a related term of lifeless.


As adjectives the difference between quiescent and lifeless

is that quiescent is inactive, at rest, quiet while lifeless is inanimate; having no life.

quiescent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inactive, at rest, quiet.
    • The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave.
  • * Professor Wilson
    • In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist.
  • (grammar) Not sounded; silent.
    • The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know".

    Synonyms

    * still * tranquil

    Derived terms

    * quiescence * quiescently

    See also

    * acquiescent * quiesce ----

    lifeless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • inanimate; having no life
  • dead; having lost life
  • uninhabited, or incapable of supporting life
  • dull or lacking vitality
  • departed

    • Derived terms

    * lifelessness