Barry Gershenfeld wrote:
>
> >This is just an aside, but I think there is a some difference between
> >acquiesce and quiesce. I suppose if your disks seem temperamental, the
> >meanings might be equivalent.
>
> The biggest difference being that acquiesce is an English word. I looked
> up 'quiesce' since I'd never heard of it, and it appears to be
> jargon.
The OED says:
acquiesce, v.
1. intr. To remain at rest, either physically or mentally; to rest
satisfied (in a place or state). Obs.
b. To acquiesce from: To rest, or cease from. Obs. rare.
c. To acquiesce under: To remain in quiet subjection, to submit
quietly, to remain submissive. Obs.
2. To agree tacitly to, concur in; to accept (the conclusions or
arrangements of others).
b. Const. to, with. Obs.
3. trans. To bring to rest; to appease, satisfy, or harmonize. Obs.
First use: 1642
quiesce, v.
1. intr. To become quiescent; to subside into.
2. intr. Of a letter: To become silent; said of the feeble consonants
in Hebrew when their sound is absorbed in that of a preceding vowel.
First use: 1828
-john
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