Calm vs. Quite — What's the Difference?

Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions

To the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely

(of the weather) pleasantly free from wind

To a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly

The absence of strong emotions; calm feelings

Expressing agreement with or understanding of a remark or statement

The absence of wind

To the greatest extent; completely

Make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe

Actually; really

Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed

To a degree; rather

Not excited or agitated; composed

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

An absence or cessation of motion; stillness.

With verbs, especially past participles.

A condition of no wind or a wind with a speed of less than 1 knot (1.15 miles per hour; 1.9 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale.

With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.

Tranquility or serenity

With predicative adjectives.

To make or become calm or quiet

With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.

(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.

(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.

With adverbs of manner.

(of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.

In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.

Without wind or storm.

Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)

(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.

With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.

(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.

Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.

A period of time without wind.

Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.

(transitive) To make calm.

Before a noun preceded by the definite article.

(intransitive) To become calm.

With prepositional or adverbial phrases.

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.

To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.

To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.

Indicates agreement; exactly so.

To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.

(bullfighting) A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.

Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.

See Quit.

Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.

Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.

Steadiness of mind under stress;

To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.

Make calm or still;

To a degree (not used with a negative);

Make steady;

To the greatest extent; completely;

Become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation;

Of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative);

Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to;

Actually or truly or to an extreme;

Not agitated; without losing self-possession;

Characterized by absence of emotional agitation;

(of weather) free from storm or wind;

Marked by freedom from agitation or excitement;