heaven vs hell

heaven

noun
  • Any paradise; any blissful place or experience. 

  • A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy. 

  • The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus. 

  • The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence. 

  • The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically 

  • The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium. 

  • The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres. 

  • Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate. 

  • Paradise, the afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death. 

  • Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects. 

hell

noun
  • A place or situation of great suffering in life. 

  • A place for gambling. 

  • An extremely hot place. 

  • Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun. 

  • In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention. 

  • Something extremely painful or harmful (to) 

verb
  • To pour. 

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

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

adv
  • Very; used to emphasize strongly. 

intj
  • 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. 

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