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Hyle vs Chyle - What's the difference?

hyle | chyle |

As nouns the difference between hyle and chyle

is that hyle is (obsolete|philosophy) matter while chyle is a digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

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 ----

    chyle

    English

    (wikipedia chyle)

    Noun

  • A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
  • * 1922', And we stuffing food in one hole and out behind: food, '''chyle , blood, dung, earth, food: have to feed it like stoking an engine. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses

    • Anagrams

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