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Ayle vs Hyle - What's the difference?

ayle | hyle |

As nouns the difference between ayle and hyle

is that ayle is (obsolete) a grandfather while hyle is (obsolete|philosophy) matter.

ayle

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) A grandfather.
    • The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.

    Anagrams

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    hyle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) hile, hyla; ylem

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete, philosophy) matter
  • The first matter of the cosmos, from which the four elements arose, according to the doctrines of Empedocles and Aristotle.

    • References

    * : The Oxford English Dictionary , second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989 ----