Inferno vs. Hell — What's the Difference?

A violent conflagration

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.

A place or condition of extreme heat

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 place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death

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

A place or situation resembling Hell.

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

A large fire; a conflagration.

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

The infernal regions; hell.

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

A raging fire.

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

Any place of pain and turmoil;

An extremely difficult experience; torment or anguish

A very intense and uncontrolled fire

The spirits in hell or the powers of evil

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

(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;