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Requite vs Quieter - What's the difference?

requite | quieter | Anagrams |

Quieter is a anagram of requite.



As a verb requite

is to return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.

As an adjective quieter is

comparative of quiet.

As a noun quieter is

one who quiets.

requite

English

Alternative forms

*(archaic) requit

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 3
  • *:But, remember—
  • *:For that's my business to you,—that you three
  • *:From Milan did supplant good Prospero;
  • *:Expos'd unto the sea, which hath requit it,
  • *:Him, and his innocent child: for which foul deed
  • *:The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have
  • *:Incens'd the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures,
  • *:Against your peace.
  • * 1925 , Franz Kafka, The Trial'', ''Vintage Books (London) , pg. 91:
    • He bowed slightly to K.'s uncle, who appeared very flattered to make this new acquaintance, yet, being by nature incapable of expressing obligation, requited the Clerk of the Court's words with a burst of embarrassed but raucous laughter.
  • To retaliate.

    • Derived terms

    * unrequited

    Anagrams

    * quieter

    References

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    quieter

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (quiet)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who quiets.
  • * 2001 , Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (page 269)
    • The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation

    Anagrams

    * requite ----