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Phyle vs Hyle - What's the difference?

phyle | hyle |

As nouns the difference between phyle and hyle

is that phyle is (historical) a local division of the people in ancient athens; a clan; a tribe while hyle is (obsolete|philosophy) matter.

phyle

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia phyle)
  • (historical) A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a clan; a tribe.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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 ----