2020-12-14
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด Q – quiet & quite & quiescent
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง quiet = “KWAHY-it’
ออกเสียง quite = ‘KWAHYT’
ออกเสียง quiescent = ‘kwee-ES-uhnt’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Quiet = still; soothing; hushed; calm:
quiet the animals
Not to be confused with:
quit = stop, cease, surrender, release, resign:
quit the job
quite = very; to a degree; rather:
quite a lovely compliment
Farlex Trivia Dictionary.
quiet
"at rest, in repose," with coy coming from the Old French form coi (earlier quei), and quiet coming straight from Latin;
the original sense of coywas "quiet, still."
- conticent - If something is hushed or quiet, it is conticent.
- q.t. - An abbreviation for "quiet," as in, on the q.t. (or QT).
- wildtrack, room tone - The wildtrack or room tone consists of the barely audible noises that make up a background sense of quiet.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Quiet – quite
1. 'quiet'
Quiet is an adjective.
Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise.
Bal said in a quiet voice, 'I have resigned.'
The airlines have invested a lot of money in new, quieter aircraft.
If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there.
It was very quiet there; you could just hear the wind moving in the trees.
2. 'quite'
Don't confuse quiet /'kwaɪət/ with quite /kwaɪt/.
You use quite to show that something is the case to a fairly great extent.
Dictionary.com
History and Etymology for quiet
Noun
Middle English quiet, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French quiete,
borrowed from Latin quiēt-, quiēs "repose, sleep, rest, peaceful conditions," going back toIndo-European
*kwi̯eh1-ti-, noun derivative of a verbal base *kwi̯eh1- "have a rest,"
whence Avestan š́iiā- "be glad,"
Old Church Slavic počijǫ, počiti "to have a rest"
(causative pokojǫ, pokoiti "to calm, quiet"),
Armenian hangeaw "has rested,"
and (from deverbal *kwi̯eh1-to-) Avestan š́iiāta- "peaceful, happy,"
Old Persian šiyāta-, Latin quiētus "at rest, QUIET entry 2"
Adjective
Middle English quyet, quyete, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French & Middle French quiete, borrowed from Latin quiētus "at rest, inactive, peaceful"
Adverb
derivative of QUIET
Verb
Middle English quieten, borrowed fromLate Latin quiētāre
"to become quiet, make quiet, put to rest,"
derivative of Latin quiētus "at rest,
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for quiescent
LATENT, DORMANT, QUIESCENT, POTENTIAL
mean not now showing signs of activity or existence.
LATENT applies to a power or quality that has not yet come forth
but may emerge and develop. a latent desire for success
DORMANT suggests the inactivity of something
(such as a feeling or power) as thoughsleeping.
their passion had lain dormant
QUIESCENT suggests a usually temporary cessation of activity.
the disease was quiescent
POTENTIAL applies to what does not yet have existence or effect but is likely soon to have. a potential disaster
Did You Know?
Quiescent won't cause you any pain,
and neither will its synonyms "latent," "dormant," and "potential,"
at least not immediately.
All four words mean "not now showing signs of activity or existence."
"Latent" usually applies to something that has not yet come forth but may emerge and develop, as in "a latent desire for success."
"Dormant" implies a state of inactivity similar to sleep,
as in "their passions lay dormant."
"Potential" applies to what may or may not come to be.
"A potential disaster" is a typical example.
"Quiescent," which traces tothe Latin quiescere
(meaning "to become quiet" or "to rest"),
often suggests a temporary cessation of activity,
as in "a quiescent disease" or "a summer resort quiescent in wintertime."
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Quiescent
adjective
1: marked by inactivity or repose: tranquilly at rest
2: causing no trouble or symptoms
Sir Francis Bacon may be responsible for pulling this word from its Latin parentage into its English existence;
he wrote in The Advancement of Learning (1605)
"For the nature of man doth extremely covet to have somewhat in his understanding fixed and unmovable, and as a rest and support of the mind.
And, therefore, as Aristotle endeavoureth to prove, that in all motion there is some point quiescent…."
The word traces to the Latin verb quiescere, meaning "to become quiet; rest."
Today the English word quiescent is used to mean "tranquilly at rest,"
or, in medical contexts, "causing no trouble or symptoms."
It is also sometimes used to describe silent lettersespecially in Semitic languages like Hebrew.
She was standing on the causeway with her aunt and a group of cousins feeding the chickens, at that quiet moment in the life of the farmyards before the afternoon milking-time.
The great buildings round the hollow yard were as dreary and tumbledown as ever, but over the old garden-wall the straggling rose-bushes were beginning to toss their summer weight, and the gray wood and old bricks of the house, on its higher level, had a look of sleepy age in the broad afternoon sunlight, that suited the quiescent time. — George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, 1860
A reduction in shipping activity during COVID-19
provides a valuable opportunity to move towards this goal.
Quiescent vessels can be fitted with upgrades to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.
Quieter shipyards can retool and secure political support to prepare for future demand to be met with zero-emission vessels.
— Douglas McCauley, Kristian Teleki, and Gloria Fluxà Thienemann, World Economic Forum (weforum.org), 12 May 2020
Dictionary.com
VOCAB BUILDER
What does quite mean?
Quite can mean “completely,” “truly,” or “very,”
but it is also sometimes used to mean “somewhat.”
Quite can be used to intensify the meaning of some adjectives,
but it can also be used to soften the meaning of others.
Example: The sky is quite dreary today.
Where does quite come from?
Evidence for the usage of quite in English is first recorded in the first half of the 1300s. It comes from a Middle English term that meant quit,
and it is related to both quit and quiet.
Quite has quite a few slightly different meanings.
It is often used to add some kind of emphasis,
but sometimes it is used to do the opposite,
so it can be quite confusing unless you can use the context of the sentence to figure out which meaning is intended.
Quite can mean “completely” or “entirely,”
as in quite the opposite or not quite done yet.
It can also be used in ways that emphasizethat
something is considerable or exceptional,
as in quite a lot or that was quite the adventure.
However, quite can also mean“somewhat.”
If someone says you’re quite intelligent,
it may be unclear whether they’re saying you’re
very intelligent or pretty intelligent
(for your age, for example).
(Feel free to take it as a compliment either way.)
Sometimes, quite is used as a sentence substitute,
meaning it can be used in place of a sentence,
usually in response to something.
When used this way, it indicates agreement or an affirmative response (equivalent to yes).
Does quite have a lot of uses? Quite.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
This is probably caused by a slip of the fingers
more often than by a slip of the mental gears,
but one often sees “quite” (very) substituted for “quiet” (shhh!).
This is one of those common errors your spelling checker will not catch,
so look out for it.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
quiet & quiescent & quite
Both quiet & quiescent mean “inactive,” ”motionless,” “still,”
and are interchangeable in this sense:
“My closest friend has a quiet (or quiescent) mind.”
Quiet, much more commonly used than quiescent,
has several unshared meaning
such as “free from noise,”
“restrained in speech and action,”
“not showy or ostentatious:
“We live on a quiet street.”
“The coach has a quiet way of talking to his players.”
“The colors in this room are quiet and subdued.”
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
quiet & quite & quite a
Careless speakers sometimes fail todistinguish
between the sounds of quite and quiet.
Quiet is pronounced “KWAI-uht”;
quite sounds like “KWITE”
The meaning of quite are “positively” and “completely”;
“That is quite the reverse of what you intended,”
“You are quite wrong in everything you tried.?
In the senses of “really,” “truly,” and “to the greatest extent,”
quite is standard usage (quite ill, quite sorry, quite small),
but it should not appear in such phrases
as “quite similar” (the ideas are contradictory)
and “quite complete” (“completely complete” make little sense),
“Quite all right” is logically indefensible,
but the expression is widely used and idiomatically acceptable.
The use of quite to mean “rather”
(a quite handsome man) is colloquial but permissible.
Quite a is often used in referring toan extraordinary quality
or unusual personality (quitea joy, quite a comedian);
in this sense, its use is informal but not incorrect.
Its use to mean “extended” (quite a period of time) is colloquial.
