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Slower vs Quieter - What's the difference?

slower | quieter |

As adjectives the difference between slower and quieter

is that slower is (slow) while quieter is (quiet).

As nouns the difference between slower and quieter

is that slower is that which slows while quieter is one who quiets.

slower

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(head)
  • (slow)

    • Etymology 2

    (slow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which slows.
    • Derived terms
    * Zeeman slower

    Anagrams

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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 ----