As nouns the difference between shive and spile
is that
shive is a slice, especially of bread or
shive can be (obsolete) a splinter; a particle of fluff on the surface of cloth or other material or
shive can be or
shive can be while
spile is a splinter or
spile can be a pile; a post or girder.
As a verb spile is
to plug (a hole) with a spile or
spile can be to support by means of spiles or
spile can be (us|dialect|ambitransitive) spoil.