Abyss vs. Hell — What's the Difference?

An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void

In religion and folklore, hell is an afterlife location in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, often torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are Christianity and Islam, whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions.

In the book of Genesis, the primeval Chaos out of which earth and sky were formed.

A place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death

The abode of evil spirits; hell.

Used for emphasis or to express anger, contempt, or surprise

Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

Often Hell The place of eternal punishment for the wicked after death, often imagined as being presided over by Satan and his devils.

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.

A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence.

Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.

The abode of the dead in any of various religious traditions, such as the Hebrew Sheol or the Greek Hades; the underworld.

Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

A situation or place of evil, misery, discord, or destruction

An impending catastrophic happening.

An extremely difficult experience; torment or anguish

(heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.

The spirits in hell or the powers of evil

(oceanography) The abyssal zone.

(Informal) One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance

(figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

A sharp scolding

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

A tailor's receptacle for discarded material.

Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

(Printing) A hellbox.

The center of an escutcheon.

An outstanding or noteworthy example

A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

Used as an intensive

Used for intensive effect in idioms such as beat the hell out of (someone) for beat (someone) very badly.

(Archaic) A gambling house.

To behave riotously; carouse

Used to express anger, disgust, or impatience.

A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.

A place or situation of great suffering in life.

(countable) A place for gambling.

(figuratively) An extremely hot place.

Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun.

(obsolete) A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type.

Something extremely painful or harmful (to)

Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.

Used to emphasize.

Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but.

(postpositional) nodot=a or like hell.

; used to emphasize strongly.

To add luster to; to burnish (silver or gold).

(rare) To pour.

The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; - called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.

The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish.

A place where outcast persons or things are gathered

To overwhelm.

Any place of pain and turmoil;

A cause of difficulty and suffering;

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment;

(religion) the world of the dead;

Violent and excited activity;

Noisy and unrestrained mischief;