Tartarus vs. Hell

Tartarus

The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

Tartarusnoun

a place where the wicked are punished after death

Tartarus

In Greek mythology, Tartarus (; Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος, Tártaros) is the deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans. Tartarus is the place where, according to Plato's Gorgias (c.

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.