Quiet vs Cool - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between quiet and cool

is that quiet is with little or no sound; free from of disturbing noise while cool is having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

As verbs the difference between quiet and cool

is that quiet is to become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm while cool is to lose heat, to get colder.

As nouns the difference between quiet and cool

is that quiet is the absence of sound; quietness while cool is a moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

As an acronym COOL is

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quiet
English

Adjective
(er)
With little or no sound; free from of disturbing noise.

Having little motion or activity; calm.

Not busy, of low quantity.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet , chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}

Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.

Not showy; undemonstrative.

a quiet''' dress; '''quiet''' colours; a '''quiet movement

Quotations
* (English Citations of "quiet")
Synonyms
* See also * See also
Antonyms
* loud * sounded * vocal
Verb
(en verb)
To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.

When you quiet , we can start talking.

To cause someone to become quiet.

Can you quiet your child? He's making lots of noise.

The umpire quieted the crowd, so the game could continue in peace.

Synonyms
* (become quiet) quiet down, quieten * (cause to become quiet) quiet down, quieten
Noun
(en noun)
The absence of sound; quietness.

There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.

We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.

the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility

Usage notes
Often confused with quite .
Related terms
* acquiet * disquiet * have a quiet word * inquietude * keep quiet * on the quiet * peace and quiet * so quiet/so quiet one can hear a pin drop * quiesce * quiet as a mouse * quiet coach * quiet down * quiet enjoyment * quiet lung * quiet down * quiet period * quietage * quieten * quietism * quietist * quietly * quietness * quietsome * quietude * ultraquiet * unquiet
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cool
English

Alternative forms
* (slang) coo, kewl, kool, qewl, qool
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . Related to (l).
Adjective
(er)
Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.

*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
Of a person, not showing emotion, calm and in self-control.

Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.

Calmly audacious.

* (Nathaniel Hawthorne) (1804-1864)

Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.

* 1944 November 28, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer:

My father was talking to the World's Fair Commission yesterday, and they estimate it's going to cost a cool fifty million.

(label) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.

(label) In fashion, part of or fitting the in crowd; originally hipster slang.

* 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in'' Nate Green, ''Built for Show , page xii

The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.

(label) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.

(label) A dismissal of a comment perceived as boring or pointless.

(label) Of a person, not upset by circumstances that might ordinarily be upsetting.

* (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)

He had lost a cool hundred.

* (Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket

Synonyms
* (having a slightly low temperature) chilly * (not showing emotion) distant, phlegmatic, standoffish, unemotional * (in fashion) ** (standard) , fashionable, in fashion, modish, stylish ** (colloquial or slang) happening, hip, in, trendy * (acceptable) acceptable, all right, OK * (not upset) easy, fine, not bothered, not fussed'''
Antonyms
* (having a slightly low temperature) lukewarm, tepid, warm * (not showing emotion) passionate * (knowing what to do and how to behave) awkward, uncool * (in fashion) , old hat, out, out of fashion * (acceptable) not cricket (UK), not on, unacceptable * (not upset) bothered, upset * (unenthusiastic) warm
Derived terms
* cool head * coolish * coolly * coolness * keep one's cool * lose one's cool * uncool
Quotations
* The earliest use of the word in this way seems to be in ' "The Moonstone" 1868: *: "She has been a guest of yours at this house," I answered. "May I venture to suggest — if nothing was said about me beforehand — that I might see her here?" *: "Cool!" said Mr. Bruff. With that one word of comment on the reply that I had made to him, he took another turn up and down the room. *: "In plain English," he said, "my house is to be turned into a trap to catch Rachel ... * In 1602, Shakespeare wrote that Queen Gertrude told Hamlet: *: "O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, Sprinkle cool patience."
Noun
(-)
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.

in the cool of the morning

A calm temperament.

Synonyms
*(calm temperament) calmness, composure
Etymology 2
From (etyl) colen, from (etyl) , altered to resemble the adjective cool. See (l).
Verb
(en verb)
(literally) To lose heat, to get colder.

I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.

To make cooler, less warm.

* Bible, Luke xvi. 24:

Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.

(figuratively) To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.

To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.

* Shakespeare:

We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.

Derived terms
* coolant * cooler * cooling * cool off * cool down * cool it * cool one's heels * cool one's jets
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