What's the difference between kinda and quite?

Kinda


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Haley Barbour, the Republican former governor of Mississippi, said Mourdock's remarks were "kinda crazy".
  • (2) I thought that what he said was kinda crazy," Barbour said.
  • (3) A future I needed to avoid.” While Raskopoulos came out to her family, friends and bandmates last year, and has appeared on stage as a woman at a handful of small comedy shows over the past few months – “I was kinda surprised by the lack of reaction, one way or the other.
  • (4) Instead of inching my way along a busy B-road in the drizzle, wearing a hard hat and a hi-vis jacket, I was on a black-and-white pony in the wild west, riding alongside men with names like Cody who talked kinda slow and carried lariats on their saddles.
  • (5) "My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain and she liked him and I kinda liked him.
  • (6) "My character got flipped from being a puppeteer kinda guy to someone who wanted to be besties with Ryan.
  • (7) I'm kinda of that school of thought - movies that I produced were more centrist, stylistically very normal, even though the ideas were more controversial.
  • (8) You know what, I kinda missed the early games without all of this fouling going on.
  • (9) Baines kinda showed in the friendlies he can defend against top players and despite his cross and free-kicks could be a liability.
  • (10) This is kinda a reverse of the Strasburg situation.
  • (11) A lot has failed, but no matter how woeful it is, it's nearly always at least kinda something.
  • (12) October 28, 2013 It's kinda like the "crossing the streams" rule in "Ghostbusters", yes.
  • (13) Despite its disappointing box office turn-out, Warners shipped 320,000 rental copies of The Shawshank Redemption in the US, a figure which they happily admit was 'kinda outta whack' with its poor performance in cinemas.
  • (14) However, her disjointed 33-minute speech – in which she described President Barack Obama as an “overgrown little boy who is acting kinda spoiled”, and declared “the man can only ride you when your back is bent” – received poor reviews even from some conservatives.
  • (15) It is kinda far, but luckily the plane does much of the work and they didn't fly coach.
  • (16) Similarly, if you’re trying to work out why The Merchant of Venice isn’t allowed in Guantánamo Bay, then Melvyn Bragg is kinda your guy – he knows that stuff.” Scottish novelist Welsh’s work has also been banned from Guantánamo.
  • (17) "Kinda," he says, before adding, with a touch of embarrassment, "That was prior to all this happening."
  • (18) You can send them via email to Hunter.Felt.Freelance@theguardian.com or tweet them to @HunterFelt if you're in a "140 Characters Or Less" kinda mood.
  • (19) I mean, what other reason could there be to pick up a phone and ask the Prime Minister if he would play a holding midfield player, and if Owen Hargreaves is worth his place ("Er, look, I kinda think at this stage you get behind them").
  • (20) Colts 15-29 Patriots, 6:18, 3rd quarter Ridley gets the two point conversion, I kinda love those (or hate extra points, to be more precise) and... And there's a bit of scrimmage on the field.

Quite


Definition:

  • (v. t. & i.) See Quit.
  • (a.) Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
  • (a.) To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
  • (2) The most successful dyes were phenocyanin TC, gallein, fluorone black, alizarin cyanin BB and alizarin blue S. Celestin blue B with an iron mordant is quite successful if properly handled to prevent gelling of solutions.
  • (3) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (4) Certainly, Saunders did not land a single blow that threatened to stop his opponent, although he took quite a few himself that threatened his titles in the final few rounds.
  • (5) Yesterday's flight may not quite have been one small step for man, but the hyperbole and the sense of history weighed heavily on those involved.
  • (6) In the dark the 6-azidoflavoproteins are quite stable, except for L-lactate oxidase, where spontaneous conversion to the 6-amino-FMN enzyme occurs slowly at pH 7.
  • (7) I did not - do not - quite understand how some are able to contemplate his anti-semitism with indifference.
  • (8) In spite of the presence of scar tissue following rhytidectomy, this procedure has been quite successful because of the rich blood supply in that area.
  • (9) Dialyzed crude enzyme extracts from yeast cells were found to destroy diacetyl in a manner quite similar to that of diacetyl reductase from Aerobacter aerogenes, and both the bacterial and the yeast extracts were stimulated significantly by the addition of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH).
  • (10) The authors present a quite unused technique that helps to simplify the cavity preparation in Operative Dentistry.
  • (11) Interexaminer reliability studies indicate that a standard method of motion palpation is quite feasible and accurate.
  • (12) Our findings: (1) both forms, LC1 and LC3, migrate in the two species with rather similar electrophoretic constants (both in terms of pI and Mr); (2) the LC2 forms of rabbit and humans exhibit the same Mr but quite different pI values, the rabbit forms being more acidic; (3) the chain LC2Sb is resolved into two spots in both rabbit and humans.
  • (13) The tunes weren't quite as easy and lush as they had been, and hints of dissonance crept in.
  • (14) The decision of the editors to solicit a review for the Medical Progress series of this journal devoted to current concepts of the renal handling of salt and water is sound in that this important topic in kidney physiology has recently been the object of a number of new, exciting and, in some instances, quite unexpected insights into the mechanisms governing sodium excretion.
  • (15) In a clear water reservoir built in ready construction after a working-period of five months quite a lot of slime could be found on the expansion joint filled with tightening compound on the base of Thiokol.
  • (16) Four patients developed an hypertensive crisis with quite elevated levels of aldosterone, cortisol and plasma renin activity.
  • (17) Stage REM frequently appeared within 10 min of stage 1 onset and the normal sequence of stages REM and 4 were altered, demonstrating that the organization of sleep within a nap is quite different from that in monophasic nocturnal sleep.
  • (18) I think we are still trying to understand all that and I think that fits under the broader topic of social licence and what bringing in automation to an area does to that region as a whole, which we don’t quite know yet.” Could carbon farming be the answer for a 'clapped-out' Australia?
  • (19) Asked whether the 2022 bid should be reopened in the wake of the allegations in the Sunday Times, Cameron said: "There is an inquiry under way, quite rightly, into what happened in terms of the World Cup bid for 2022.
  • (20) We believe that this unit is quite safe for clinical use and that it will become a new strong support for non-blood open heart surgery.

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