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Hyde vs Hyle - What's the difference?

hyde | hyle |

As nouns the difference between hyde and hyle

is that hyde is (area of land) while hyle is (obsolete|philosophy) matter.

hyde

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • for someone living on a hide of land.

    • Derived terms

    * Mr Hyde * Jekyll and Hyde

    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 ----