Quiet vs Quite

Quiet vs Quite

Quiet – is an adjective and is defined as making very little noise.

a. They were sitting in a quiet room.
b. The teacher asked the students to sit quiet till she was talking to the principal.

Without many people or much noise or activity.

a. They lead a quiet life.
b. They had a quiet wedding.


Not disturbed; peaceful.

a. To have a quiet drink.
b. He wanted to spend some quiet time at her place.

Quite – is an adverb and is defined as; to the utmost or absolute extent or degree.

a. It’s quite out of the question.
b. I quite like opera.

To the greatest possible degree.

a. This is quite a different problem.
b. That’s quite alright.

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1. Cleaning fish is____________ easy with the proper tools and a little instruction.

a. Quite
b. Quiet
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2. The three main secular parties in the ruling coalition have kept ____________.

a. Quite
b. Quiet
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3. The leaves stay sweet on the plant for ____________ a while without turning bitter.

a. Quite
b. Quiet
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4. It was ____________ by accident that the meeting happened.

a. Quiet
b. Quite
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5. The networks hesitated to step on the ____________ with commentary.

a. Quiet
b. Quite
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