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Hellfire vs Inferno - What's the difference?

hellfire | inferno |

As nouns the difference between hellfire and inferno

is that hellfire is (uncountable) the fire of hell while inferno is hell-like place or situation.

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

    inferno

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Hell-like place or situation.
  • A large fire, a conflagration ()
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,

    Related terms

    * infernal

    Synonyms

    * hell

    External links

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