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Quietness vs Quietism - What's the difference?

quietness | quietism |

As nouns the difference between quietness and quietism

is that quietness is absence of sound; silence or hush while quietism is a form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.

quietness

English

Noun

(quietnesses)
  • Absence of sound; silence or hush.
  • Absence of disturbance; calm, stillness or serenity.

    • Synonyms

    * (absence of sound) silence, roo

    quietism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia quietism)
  • A form of mysticism involving quiet contemplation.
  • A state of passive quietness.