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Quiet or Quite?
Quiet or Quite?
What is the difference between "quiet" and "quite"?"Quiet" means little or no noise.
- The kids are quiet when the TV is on.
- Admitting failure is quite cleansing but never pleasurable. (Author Michael Morpurgo)
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More about "Quiet"
The noun "quiet" means a lack of or very little noise. It can also be used as an adjective.Examples:
- I like fishing. I like the peace and quiet of being at sea.
(Tennis player Rafael Nadal)
(Here, "quiet" is a noun.)
- All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. (Mathematician Blaise Pascal)
(Here, the word "quiet" is an adjective.)
- Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. (Statesman Napoleon Bonaparte)
More about "Quite"
The word "quite" is an adverb that most often means to the utmost extent. However, somewhat unusually, it can also mean fairly or to a significant extent, which is nearly the opposite. (The meaning is determined by context.) "Quite" is classified as an intensifier.Examples:
- How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean. (Science writer Arthur C. Clarke)
(Here, "quite" means to the utmost extent.)
- It is quite cold outside. (Here, "quite" means to a significant extent.)
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