quiet
adjective / noun
making little noise
“The library is quiet.”
Easily mixed meanings
quiet vs quite
Quiet means with little noise; quite means fairly or completely. They are mostly typos of each other.
Quick test: Quiet has two syllables, qui-et, and ends in -et like "silent" ends in -t. Quite rhymes with "white".
quite
adverb
fairly; completely
“The test was quite hard.”
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Questions about quiet vs quite
What is the difference between quiet and quite?
Quiet means with little noise; quite means fairly or completely. They are mostly typos of each other.
How do I remember quiet vs quite?
Quiet has two syllables, qui-et, and ends in -et like "silent" ends in -t. Quite rhymes with "white".
Are there exceptions?
In British English "quite" often means "fairly" (quite good = OK); in American English it often means "very".
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