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Apocalypse vs Afterlife - What's the difference?

apocalypse | afterlife |

As proper nouns the difference between apocalypse and afterlife

is that apocalypse is (countable|biblical) the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by god to a chosen prophet while afterlife is the place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.

As a noun afterlife is

life after death.

apocalypse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A revelation.
    • The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
  • (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the ; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
  • A disaster; a cataclysmic event.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 699:
    • The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse .

    Synonyms

    * armageddon * doomsday * judgement day * nuclear holocaust * Ragnarok (Ragnarök) * Final Judgment * end times * eschaton

    Derived terms

    * apocalyptic * apocalypticism * snowpocalypse

    afterlife

    English

    (wikipedia afterlife)

    Noun

    (afterlives)
  • Life after death.
    • Why do religionists believe in an afterlife ?

    Synonyms

    * (life after death) hereafter, other side

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "afterlife")

    See also

    * beforelife English nouns with irregular plurals