The difference between Dormant and Quiescent
When used as adjectives, dormant means inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended, whereas quiescent means inactive, quiet, at rest.
Dormant is also noun with the meaning: a crossbeam or joist.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dormant and Quiescent
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Dormant as an adjective:
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
Examples:
"Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again."
"The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months."
"This volcano is dormant but not extinct."
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Dormant as an adjective (heraldry):
In a sleeping posture; distinguished from .
Examples:
"a lion dormant'"
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Dormant as an adjective (architecture):
Leaning.
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Dormant as a noun (architecture):
A crossbeam or joist.
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Quiescent as an adjective:
Inactive, quiet, at rest.
Examples:
"The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave."
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Quiescent as an adjective (orthography):
Not sounded; silent.
Examples:
"The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know"."
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Quiescent as an adjective (cell biology):
Non-proliferating.