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Subtitle vs Subtile - What's the difference?

subtitle | subtile |

As a noun subtitle

is a heading below or after a title.

As a verb subtitle

is to create subtitles for the dialog in a film.

As an adjective subtile is

(obsolete) subtle.

subtitle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A heading below or after a title.
  • Textual versions of the dialog in films, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen.

    • Usage notes

    In film and video, subtitles'' usually translate foreign-language dialogue, while ''captions transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it.

    Derived terms

    * subtitled, subtitling

    Related terms

    * surtitle, surtitles, surtitled, surtitling

    See also

    * *

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To create subtitles for the dialog in a film.

    • Anagrams

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    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

    External links

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