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Cruel vs Infernal - What's the difference?

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Cruel is a related term of infernal.


As adjectives the difference between cruel and infernal

is that cruel is not nice; mean; heartless while infernal is of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

As a verb cruel

is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success).

As a noun infernal is

(obsolete) an inhabitant of the infernal regions.

cruel

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Not nice; mean; heartless.
    • The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
  • (slang) Cool; awesome; neat.

    • Synonyms

    * brutal * sadistic * vicious

    Antonyms

    * merciful

    Derived terms

    * cruelly

    Related terms

    * crude * crudeness * cruelty

    Verb

  • To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)

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    infernal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
  • (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
  • Stygian, gloomy.
  • Diabolical or fiendish.
  • * Addison
    • the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
  • (as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
  • * 1905 , Bram Stoker, The Man
    • As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman,

    Related terms

    * infernally * infernal machine * inferno

    Antonyms

    * (of or relating to hell) heavenly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
    • (Drayton)
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