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Agile vs Avile - What's the difference?

agile | avile |

As an adjective agile

is having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

As a verb avile is

(obsolete) to abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.

agile

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.
  • * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
    • The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
  • (computing) Of or relating to (Agile software development), a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams.
    • agile methods

    Synonyms

    * active, alert, nimble, brisk, lively, quick

    Derived terms

    * agility ----

    avile

    English

    Verb

    (avil)
  • (obsolete) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
  • *1610:' , ''Prince Henry's Barriers'' - Want makes us know the price of what we ' avile .

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