Hylic vs. Pneumatic — What's the Difference?

Having to do with, or of the nature of, matter.

Of or relating to air or other gases.

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

Of or relating to pneumatics.

Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.

Run by or using compressed air

Filled with air, especially compressed air

(Zoology) Having cavities filled with air, as the bones of certain birds.

Of or relating to the pneuma; spiritual.

Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases

Of or relating to pneumatics

Powered by, or filled with, compressed air

(zoology) Having cavities filled with air

Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma

(of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy

(dated) A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.

(gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).

A vehicle, as a bicycle, the wheels of which are fitted with pneumatic tires.

Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an elastic fluid; gaseous; opposed to dense or solid.

Of or pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or their properties; pertaining to pneumatics; as, pneumatic experiments.

Moved or worked by pressure or flow of air; as, a pneumatic instrument; a pneumatic engine.

Fitted to contain air; Having cavities filled with air; as, pneumatic cells; pneumatic bones.

Adapted for containing compressed air; inflated with air; as, a pneumatic cushion; a pneumatic tire, a tire formed of an annular tube of flexible fabric, as India rubber, suitable for being inflated with air.

Of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas);