In obsolete terms the difference between hatel and catel
is that hatel is hateful; detestable while catel is property, as distinguished from rent or income.
As an adjective hatel
is hateful; detestable.
As a noun catel is
property, as distinguished from rent or income.
catel
English
Noun
(obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income
- (Chaucer)
(
Webster 1913)