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Subtil vs Skilful - What's the difference?

subtil | skilful |

As adjectives the difference between subtil and skilful

is that subtil is (obsolete) subtle while skilful is possessing skill, skilled.

subtil

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) subtle
  • * , Genesis 3:1
    • Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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    skilful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete) * (US) skillful

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • possessing skill, skilled.

    • Related terms

    * skill * skilled * skilfully