Hail vs. Hell

Hailnoun

Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.

Hailverb

(impersonal) Said of the weather when hail is falling.

Hailverb

(intransitive) To send or release hail.

Hailverb

To pour down in rapid succession.

Hailverb

(transitive) to greet; give salutation to; salute.

Hailverb

(transitive) To name; to designate; to call.

Hailverb

(transitive) to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

Hailadjective

(obsolete) Healthy, whole, safe.

Hailinterjection

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hailnoun

Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Hailnoun

A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.

Hailverb

To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Hailverb

To pour forcibly down, as hail.

Hailverb

To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

Hailverb

To name; to designate; to call.

Hailverb

To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; - used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

Hailverb

To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; - with from.

Hailadjective

Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Hailinterjection

An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.

Hailnoun

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

Hailnoun

enthusiastic greeting

Hailverb

praise vociferously;

Hailverb

be a native of;

Hailverb

call for;

Hailverb

greet enthusiastically or joyfully

Hailverb

precipitate as small ice particles;

Hail

Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English ), though the two are often confused.

Hellproper noun

In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death

Hellproper noun

The place where devils live and where sinners suffer after death

Hellnoun

A place or situation of great suffering in life.

Hellnoun

(countable) A place for gambling.

Hellnoun

(figuratively) An extremely hot place.

Hellnoun

Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun

Hellnoun

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

Hellnoun

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

Hellinterjection

Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.

Hellinterjection

Used to emphasize.

Hellinterjection

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

Hellverb

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

Hellverb

(rare) To pour.

Hellnoun

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

Hellnoun

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

Hellnoun

A place where outcast persons or things are gathered

Hellverb

To overwhelm.

Hellnoun

any place of pain and turmoil;

Hellnoun

a cause of difficulty and suffering;

Hellnoun

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

Hellnoun

(religion) the world of the dead;

Hellnoun

violent and excited activity;

Hellnoun

noisy and unrestrained mischief;

Hellnoun

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

Hellnoun

a situation, experience, or place of great suffering

Hellinterjection

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

Hell

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.