On the whole
On the whole adverb - With everything considered (and neglecting details).
Quite and on the whole are semantically related in in all topic. In some cases you can use "Quite" instead an adverb phrase "On the whole".
Quite
Quite adverb - To a full extent or degree.
On the whole and quite are semantically related in in all topic. Sometimes you can use "On the whole" instead an adverb "Quite".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Crapsack World: most of the locations are pretty awful, particularly for children, but the children seem to regard their surroundings quite cheerfully on the whole.
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Eventually it was established that wolves on the whole are quite decent people, and that Bamse's home tracts was simply unlucky enough to have more bad ones than good ones living there.
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They test-market it as "lagurt" in a tube (ala Go-Gurt) for hip young frat boys on the go, and it tests quite well, but Robbie is so bent on making high-class brews instead of profitable trendy fad hooch that he throws a tantrum and gives up on the whole thing.
Source: A Tankard of Moose Urine
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