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Hellfire vs Hellfare - What's the difference?

hellfire | hellfare |

As nouns the difference between hellfire and hellfare

is that hellfire is (uncountable) the fire of hell while hellfare is deplorable welfare; welfare that causes more anguish than good.

hellfire

English

Alternative forms

* Sometimes capitalized, hyphenated, or both: Hellfire', '''hell-fire''', ' Hell-fire

Noun

  • (uncountable) the fire of Hell
  • (uncountable) fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell
  • (countable) a fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity

    • See also

    * fire and brimstone * purgatory

    hellfare

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Deplorable welfare; welfare that causes more anguish than good.
  • *1989 , Saul Alinsky, Reveille for Radicals :
    • He hesitated again before he said: “Well, we have done a lot of welfare work." “ Welfare!" I exclaimed. “You can boast of that? You must know what labor calls that—hellfare work."
  • *2008 , Norman T. Gates, Richard Aldington :
    • I am willing to pay a fair amount, but not to be mulcted in that vindictive way, and nuts to the Hellfare State.
  • *2009 , Robert Cowen, Andreas Michael Kazamias, Elaine Unterhalter, International handbook of comparative education :
    • Not surprisingly, the quest for resources other than from the public purse received no small urging by governments and Ministry, though obviously the degree of pressure brought to bear and the means by which it was brought to bear, are legion depending on the state of national wealth and hellfare !

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