Commonly confused words › quiet vs. quite

Quiet vs. quite

Quick answer

Quiet means making little noise. Quite means very, or completely.

quiet

Making little or no noise.

“The library is quiet.”

quite

To a large degree; completely.

“That was quite a surprise.”

How to remember

Quiet ends in “et”, like “pet”, and a pet sleeping is quiet.

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