What's the difference between quiet, quite and quit? I know mixing them up is a common mistake, so here's a short video - check it out: Quiet means making little or no noise. Example: Please be quiet, the baby has just fallen asleep. Quite means completely, fully, totally. Example: I love this performance, it's quite spectacular! Quit means to leave a situation - usually permanently. Quitting has more of a sense of leaving a job/game/role/university course... etc. rather than