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Subtile vs Subtil - What's the difference?

subtile | subtil |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between subtile and subtil

is that subtile is (obsolete) subtle while subtil is (obsolete) subtle.

As adjectives the difference between subtile and subtil

is that subtile is (obsolete) subtle while subtil is (obsolete) subtle.

subtile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) subtle
  • * 1819 , , The Works of Francis Bacon , volume 2, page 2:
    • And sometimes this perception, in some kind of bodies, is far more subtile than the sense; so that the sense is but a dull thing in comparison of it: we see a weather-glass will find the least difference of the weather, in heat, or cold, when men find it not.

    Derived terms

    * subtile body

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    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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