As nouns the difference between den and hell

is that den is a small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment while hell is a place or situation of great suffering in life.

As proper nouns the difference between den and hell

is that den is a diminutive of the male given name Dennis while hell is in various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death.

As a verb den

is to ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

As an abbreviation den

is abbreviation of lang=en (a unit of weight.

As an interjection hell is

Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger.

den

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.

a den of robbers

Daniel was put into the lions’ den .

A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.

a den of vice

an opium den'''; a gambling '''den

A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.

(UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.

(Shakespeare)

Synonyms

* (home of certain animals) lair *: See also:

Verb

(denn)

(reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)

(a unit of weight)

Anagrams

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hell

English

(wikipedia hell)

Alternative forms

* (Christianity) Hell * *

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death

Do Muslims believe that all non-Muslims go to hell ?

(Abrahamic religions, uncountable) The place where devils live and where sinners are tortured after death

May you rot in hell !

* 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost

Better to reign in Hell' than serve in ' Heaven .

* 1916 , James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Hell is a strait and dark and foul-smelling prison, an abode of demons and lost souls, filled with fire and smoke.

Synonyms

* (euphemisms for Christian place for damned souls after death) Hades, heck, infernal region, inferno, netherworld, underworld * (Mormonism) Spirit]] [[prison, Prison

Antonyms

* (sense) heaven

Noun

(en noun)

(countable, hyperbole) A place or situation of great suffering in life.

My new boss is making my job a hell .

I went through hell to get home today.

* 1879 , General William T. Sherman, commencement address at the Michigan Military Academy

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell .

*

(countable) A place for gambling.

* W. Black

a convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless

* 1907 , (Joseph Conrad), The Secret Agent

An extremely hot place.

You don't have a snowball's chance in hell .

(Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun)

I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more.

What the hell is wrong with you?

He says he's going home early? Like hell he is.

(obsolete) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.

(Hudibras)

In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.

Derived terms

* as hell * forty minutes of hell * hell and half of Georgia * hella * hellagood * hell-fire * hell for leather * hell hath no fury like a woman scorned * hellish * hell on earth * hell on wheels * hell's delight * hellspawn * hell to pay * hell week * like hell * living hell * no screaming hell * the hell * the hell out of * the hell with it * to hell with * what the hell

Interjection

(en interjection)

Oh, hell ! I got another parking ticket.

Hell , yeah!

See also

* damn * heck English intensifiers English swear words ----