What is the difference between silent and quiet?
silent | quiet |
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
* 1604 , , Othello , act 5, scene 1:
* 1825 , , Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson , Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
* 1906 , William Dean Howells and Sidney Dillon Ripley, Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between , Harper & Brothers, page 152:
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
* Broome
* Milton
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
(pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
(technology) Without audio capability.
Hidden, unseen.
Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
(uncountable) That which is ; a time of silence.
:* The silent of the night. Shakespeare
A silent movie
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 12, author=Woody Allen, title=The Man Who Asked Hard Questions, work=New York Times
, passage=All kinds, silents and talkies. }}
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 Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
Not showy; undemonstrative.
To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
To cause someone to become quiet.
The absence of sound; quietness.
the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
Quiet is a antonym of silent.
Quiet is a synonym of silent.
As adjectives the difference between silent and quiet
is that silent is free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet while quiet is with little or no sound; free from of disturbing noise.As nouns the difference between silent and quiet
is that silent is that which is silent; a time of silence while quiet is the absence of sound; quietness.As a verb quiet is
to become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.silent
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* scilentAdjective
(en-adj)- How silent is this town!
- What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
- The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low ; after a pause, which seems no silenter than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.
- Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.
- This new-created world, whereof in hell / Fame is not silent .
- The wind is silent .
- (Parnell)
- (Sir Walter Raleigh)
- The ''e'' is silent in ''fable''.
- Cause silent , virtueless, and dead.
- The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.
- a silent''' voter; a '''silent partner
Synonyms
* See also * dumb, mute, quiet, speechless, still, taciturnDerived terms
* silent alarm * silent auction * silent barter * silent butler * silent disco * silent film * silent key * silent number * silent partner * silent majority * Silent Sam * silent service * silent treatment * silent voteNoun
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* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----quiet
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Adjective
(er)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.}}
- a quiet''' dress; '''quiet''' colours; a '''quiet movement
Quotations
* (English Citations of "quiet")Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* loud * sounded * vocalVerb
(en verb)- When you quiet , we can start talking.
- 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, quietenNoun
(en noun)- There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
- We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.