Hades vs. Pluto — What's the Difference?

Hades (; Greek: ᾍδης Hádēs; Ἅιδης Háidēs), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although the last son regurgitated by his father.

Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It was the first and the largest Kuiper belt object to be discovered.

The god of the netherworld and dispenser of earthly riches.

Roman Mythology The god of the dead and the ruler of the underworld, identified with the Greek Hades.

This netherworld kingdom, the abode of the shades of the dead.

A dwarf planet having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 248.5 years, a highly elliptical orbit with a perihelion distance of 4.4 billion kilometers (2.8 billion miles) and an aphelion distance of 7.4 billion kilometers (4.6 billion miles), and a mean equatorial diameter of 2,302 kilometers (1,485 miles), less than half that of Earth. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as the ninth planet in the solar system. See Usage Note at planet.

Also hades Hell.

(neologism) To demote or devalue something.

Plural of hade

The son of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World.

The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

The ninth planet of the Solar System, the smallest (5700 km radius) and most distant from the sun. The suggestion has been made that it more closely resembles a large close comet than a planet. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.248, larger than that of any other planet; it varies from 4.44 to 7.37 billion km distance from the sun.

(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

A cartoon character created by Walt Disney

(religion) the world of the dead;

(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

The second smallest planet and the farthest known from the sun; has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets