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

  1. 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."

  2. Dormant as an adjective (heraldry):

    In a sleeping posture; distinguished from .

    Examples:

    "a lion dormant'"

  3. Dormant as an adjective (architecture):

    Leaning.

  1. Dormant as a noun (architecture):

    A crossbeam or joist.

  1. Quiescent as an adjective:

    Inactive, quiet, at rest.

    Examples:

    "The bats were quiescent at that time of day, so we slowly entered the cave."

  2. Quiescent as an adjective (orthography):

    Not sounded; silent.

    Examples:

    "The k is quiescent in "knight" and "know"."

  3. Quiescent as an adjective (cell biology):

    Non-proliferating.