Paradise vs. Heaven

Paradisenoun

The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.

Paradisenoun

(Abrahamic religions) A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

Paradisenoun

(figuratively) A very pleasant place; a place full of lush vegetation.

Paradisenoun

(figuratively) A very pleasant experience.

Paradisenoun

An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

Paradisenoun

(obsolete) A churchyard or cemetery.

Paradisenoun

(slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.

Paradiseverb

To place (as) in paradise.

Paradiseverb

(obsolete) To transform into a paradise.

Paradiseverb

To affect or exalt with visions of happiness.

Paradisenoun

The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.

Paradisenoun

The abode of sanctified souls after death.

Paradisenoun

A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.

Paradisenoun

An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.

Paradisenoun

A churchyard or cemetery.

Paradiseverb

To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch.

Paradisenoun

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Paradisenoun

(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death

Paradisenoun

(in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just

Paradisenoun

the abode of Adam and Eve before the Fall in the biblical account of the Creation; the Garden of Eden.

Paradisenoun

an ideal or idyllic place or state

Paradise

In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness.

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.