different between motionless vs quiescent

English

Etymology

motion +? -less

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m????nl?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mo???nl?s/

Adjective

motionless (not comparable)

1. at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

Translations

Anagrams

• somnolites

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin qui?sc?ns (“resting, reposing, sleeping”), present participle of qui?scere, from qui?s (“rest, repose, quiet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwa??.?sn?t/, /?kwi?.?sn?t/
• Hyphenation: qui?es?cent

Adjective

quiescent (comparative more quiescent, superlative most quiescent)

1. Inactive, quiet, at rest.
   • 1840, John Wilson, “On the Genius and Character of Burns”, in John Wilson; Robert Chambers, The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of the Scottish Poet. The Landscapes from Paintings made Expressly for the Work, by D[avid] O[ctavius] Hill, Esq., R.S.A. The Literary Department, by Professor Wilson, of the University of Edinburgh; and Robert Chambers, Esq., Author of the “Scottish Biographical Dictionary,” “Picture of Scotland,” Etc. Etc., volume II, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Queen Street, Glasgow; South College Street, Edinburgh; and Warwick Square, London, OCLC 314762618, page ci:

     In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.
2. (orthography) Not sounded; silent.

3. (cell biology) Non-proliferating.

Synonyms

• (inactive): dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (quiet, at rest): calm, still, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:calm
• (not sounded): servile

Derived terms

• quiescence
• quiescently

Translations

See also

• acquiescent
• quiesce

Latin

Verb

qui?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of qui?sc?