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Sutile vs Futile - What's the difference?

sutile | futile |

As adjectives the difference between sutile and futile

is that sutile is (formal|rare) done by stitching while futile is incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.

sutile

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (formal, rare) Done by stitching.
  • (Boswell)
    Half the rooms are adorned with a kind of sutile pictures, which imitate tapestry.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    futile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 15, author=Marc Higginson, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham , passage=Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile .}}

    Synonyms

    * ineffectual * unavailing * vain * idle * fruitless * See also

    Antonyms

    * effectual * effective