Heaven vs. Hell

Heavennoun

The sky, specifically:

Heavennoun

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

Heavennoun

(obsolete) The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; (obsolete) the atmosphere; the climate.

Heavennoun

(obsolete) A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.

Heavennoun

(religion) The abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; especially:

Heavennoun

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

Heavennoun

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

Heavennoun

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

Heavennoun

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

Heavennoun

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.

Heavennoun

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

Heavennoun

(by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.

Heavennoun

(by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.

Heavennoun

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

Heavenverb

(obsolete) To transport to the abode of God, the gods, or the blessed.

Heavenverb

(obsolete) To beatify, enchant, or please greatly.

Heavenverb

(obsolete) To beautify, to make into a paradise.

Heavennoun

The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; - often used in the plural in this sense.

Heavennoun

The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.

Heavennoun

The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; - used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.; as, heaven helps those who help themselves.

Heavennoun

Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.

Heavenverb

To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.

Heavennoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Heavennoun

the abode of God and the angels

Heaven

Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as gods, angels, spirits, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and earthly beings can ascend to Heaven in the afterlife or, in exceptional cases, enter Heaven alive.

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.