Quiet usually describes something that makes little noise. Quite tells you the degree of something, as in quite quiet. The words sound different and can appear side by side.
Read the two words in one sentence
The library was quite quiet by noon. Quiet is the adjective that describes the library. Quite is the adverb that tells how quiet it was. Quite can mean fairly or very, depending on context and emphasis. It can also mean completely, as in You’re quite right.
In Please keep quiet, quiet describes how people should be. To describe how someone does something, use quietly, as in Please speak quietly.
Listen for the extra syllable in quiet
Quiet has two syllables, KWY-uht. Quite has one and rhymes with white. In I enjoyed the quiet, quiet is a noun. In The teacher quieted the class, it is a verb meaning made quieter.
