hylic

As adjectives the difference between xylic and hylic

is that xylic is (chemistry) pertaining to xylene while hylic is having to do with or of the nature of matter or material.

As a noun hylic is

(gnosticism) in gnostic theologian valentinus' triadic grouping of man the basest type; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

As nouns the difference between hylic and hylid

is that hylic is (gnosticism) in gnostic theologian valentinus' triadic grouping of man the basest type; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality while hylid is (zoology) any member of the hylidae.

As an adjective hylic

is having to do with or of the nature of matter or material.