Halcyon vs Quiet - What's the difference?
halcyon | quiet |
In classical legends, a bird said to nest on the sea, thereby calming the waters; later usually identified with a type of kingfisher, hence (poetic) a kingfisher.
*, II.12:
* 1665 , (John Dryden), (The Indian Emperour) , IV iv 132:
* c''.1880 , (Ambrose Bierce), '' :
* Dryden
A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon'', such as the sacred kingfisher ''(Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher
Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
With little or no sound; free from of disturbing noise.
Having little motion or activity; calm.
Not busy, of low quantity.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
Not showy; undemonstrative.
To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
To cause someone to become quiet.
The absence of sound; quietness.
the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
As a proper noun halcyon
is .As an adjective quiet is
with little or no sound; free from of disturbing noise.As a verb quiet is
to become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.As a noun quiet is
the absence of sound; quietness.halcyon
English
Noun
(en noun)- the Halcyon' bird, or as some call it Alcedo or Kings-fisher, exceeds all mens conceit..
- Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be / As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.
- And, by the way, during those halcyon days (the halcyon was there, too, chattering above every creek, as he is all over the world) we fought another battle.
- Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be / As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.
Adjective
(en adjective)Quotations
{{timeline, 1700s=1787, 1800s=1842, 1900s=1919 1963}} * 1787 — *: Reflections of this kind may have trifling weight with men who hope to see realized in America the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age. * 1842 — , Cicero *:* Deep, halcyon repose. * 1919 — *: I had wander’d in rapture beneath them, and bask’d in the Halcyon clime. *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham) , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1citation, passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.}}
Synonyms
* at peace, blissful, calm, peaceful, prelapsarian, relaxed, sereneDerived terms
* halcyon daysSee also
* Alcyone ----quiet
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet , chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
- a quiet''' dress; '''quiet''' colours; a '''quiet movement
Quotations
* (English Citations of "quiet")Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* loud * sounded * vocalVerb
(en verb)- When you quiet , we can start talking.
- Can you quiet your child? He's making lots of noise.
- The umpire quieted the crowd, so the game could continue in peace.
Synonyms
* (become quiet) quiet down, quieten * (cause to become quiet) quiet down, quietenNoun
(en noun)- There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
- We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.