Difference between Quieten and Silence

QUIETEN vs SILENCE: NOUN

The absence of sound
The state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
A refusal to speak when expected
The trait of keeping things secret
The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.
The absence of sound; stillness.
A period of time without speech or noise.
Refusal or failure to speak out.
The action of refraining from speaking.
The state of being or keeping silent; forbearance or restraint of sound; abstinence from speech or other noise; muteness; reticence: as, to listen in silence; the chairman rapped for silence.
Absence of sound or noise; general stillness within the range or the power of hearing: as, the silence of midnight; the silence of the tomb.
Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.
Absence of mention; oblivion.
The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest.
Secrecy.
Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
Synonyms See silent.
The lack of any sound.
In music, same as rest, 8.
In distilled spirits, want of flavor and odor; flatness; deadness. See silent spirit, under silent.
Absence of mention: as, the silence of Scripture (on a particular subject); oblivion; obscurity.

To make silent or bring to silence.
To curtail the expression of; suppress.
To interfere with the expression of (a gene or gene segment) so that its biological function is suppressed.

To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
To put to rest; to quiet.
To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching.
To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade.

To cause to be or keep silent; put or bring to silence; restrain from speech or noise; stop the noise of: as, to silence a battery or a gun-boat.
To restrain from speech about something; cause or induce to be silent on a particular subject or class of subjects; make silent or speechless, as by restraint of privilege or license, or by unanswerable argument.
Hence To make quiescent; put at rest or into abeyance; stop the activity of: as, to silence one's conscience.

Quell, Tranquillize, Quiesce, Hush up, Pipe down, Quiet down, Still, Shut up, Calm down, Lull, Tranquilize, Silence, Hush, Quiet, Calm

Reticence, Silently, Stillness, Mourning, Silent, Hush up, Burke, Still, Shut up, Muteness, Quieten, Secretiveness, Secrecy, Quiet, Hush

Rouse, Quell, Tranquillize, Quiet down, Quiesce, Pipe down, Hush up, Still, Calm down, Lull, Tranquilize, Silence, Hush, Quiet, Calm

Calm, Inaction, Mute, Reticence, Silently, Stillness, Mourning, Silent, Hush up, Burke, Still, Quieten, Secrecy, Quiet, Hush

It will quieten some of those who wish to protest if we take some revenge.
Most of us yearn for things to quieten down around us.
The glass in your automobile can also quieten the ride.
Parents do have a responsibility to quieten their kids whether through giving comfort or discipline.
Worked very well after sport as it helped to quieten them down.
Hitherto it had relied heavily on repression to quieten the nationalist agitation.
It is desirable to quieten your mind in preparation.
She asked you to quieten down a bit.
Learn how to quieten your mind at night.
Quieten down a lot anyway, I fell pregnant know what I mean, so had to quieten down.

Others in the hearing world assumed that the deaf occupied a space of silence and assumed that silence to signify emptiness.
When you silence the press with rubber bullets, you silence the voice of the public.
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Giving voice to silence: Silence as coping strategy of refugee women from South Sudan who experienced sexual violence in the context of war.
At most, silence warrants an inference of assent of correctness to a comment only when no other explanation is equally consonant with silence.
In silence he appeared, and in silence disap.
REICH: I tell you, I am surprised about the silence coming out of Washington, deafening silence.
Their silence is much quieter than that of the silence of Hu Jintao era.
Everywhere around him reigned silence, but that charming silence when the sun has set in an unclouded azure sky.
These fortunate individuals know the power of silence and they are comfortable in that silence.