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Hyle vs Fyle - What's the difference?

hyle | fyle |

As a noun hyle

is matter.

As a verb fyle is

alternative form of lang=en.

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 ----

    fyle

    English

    Verb

    (fyl)
  • (Scotland)