Hell vs. Netherworld — What's the Difference?

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.

The world of the dead.

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

A situation in which one's status is uncertain, marginal, or undefined

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

The part of society engaged in crime and vice

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

The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.

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

The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.

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

Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.

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

(by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.

An extremely difficult experience; torment or anguish

(religion) the world of the dead;

The spirits in hell or the powers of evil

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

A sharp scolding

A tailor's receptacle for discarded material.

(Printing) A hellbox.

An outstanding or noteworthy example

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;