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Catel vs Cautel - What's the difference?

catel | cautel |

In obsolete terms the difference between catel and cautel

is that catel is property, as distinguished from rent or income while cautel is caution; prudence; wariness.

catel

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    cautel

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) deceit
  • *1602 : , act 1 scene 3 lines 14-15-16
    • Perhaps he loves you now,
    And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
    The virtue of his will
  • (obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
    • (Fulke)

    Derived terms

    * cautelous