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Quite and Quiet are two words that are often confused due to the appearing similarity in their meanings. Strictly speaking, there is some difference between the two words. The word ‘quite’ is used in the sense of ‘very’. On the other hand, the word ‘quiet’ is used in the sense of ‘calm’. This is the main difference between the two words.
Observe the two sentences,
1. He came quite late last night.
2. It was quite slow.
In both the sentences, you can find that the word ‘quite’ is used in the sense of ‘very’ and hence, the meaning of the first sentence would be ‘he came very late last night’, and the meaning of the second sentence would be ‘it was very slow’.
Observe the two sentences,
1. He is very quiet by nature.
2. She was quiet for sometime.
In both the sentences, the word ‘quiet’ is used in the sense of ‘calm’ and hence, the meaning of the first sentence would be ‘he is very calm by nature’, and the meaning of the second sentence would be ‘she was calm for sometime’.
It is interesting to note that the word ‘quiet’ is normally used as an adjective. It is also used as an adverb. The adverbial form of ‘quiet’ is ‘quietly’. On the other hand, the word‘quite’ is used as an adverb. It generally describes an action as in the expression ‘quite slow’. . In the expression ‘quite true’ the word ‘quite’ is used as an adjective.
These are the main differences between the two words that are often confused, namely, quite and quiet.
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