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Hades vs Underworld - What's the difference?

hades | underworld |

Hades is a see also of underworld.


As nouns the difference between hades and underworld

is that hades is while underworld is that part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.

As a verb hades

is (hade).

hades

English

(wikipedia Hades)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
  • (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
  • Sheol.
  • Hell.

    • See also

    * Hell * Pluto

    Anagrams

    * ----

    underworld

    English

    (wikipedia underworld)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
  • (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

    • Synonyms

    * (world of the dead) netherworld

    See also

    * Hades, Tartarus * hell * Hel, Niflheim, Niflhel * Gehenna