Mute
Mute adjective - Unable to speak.
Usage example: the child is both deaf and mute because her hearing was lost at birth
Quiet is a synonym for mute in action topic. In some cases you can use "Quiet" instead the word "Mute" as an adjective or a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like sound, dampen, silent, silence.
Quiet
Quiet adjective - Free from disturbing noise or uproar.
Usage example: left the din of the rock concert and went to a quiet restaurant where we could hear one another talk
Mute is a synonym for quiet in action topic. You can use "Mute" instead the word "Quiet" as an adjective or a verb, if it concerns topics such as dampen, silence, without or with little sound.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Made even more unsettling by the fact that Ada is willingly mute and kept quiet because that's her habit.
Source: Film / The Piano - Neo is considered mute by a large portion of fans due to her being completely quiet in all scenes thus far.
Source: Fanon -
But he goes quiet (and even mute in fanon) when hurting, turns all his angst in on himself and his whole life is wrapped in Sam and his family.
Source: Sibling Yin-Yang
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