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Infernal vs Inferral - What's the difference?

infernal | inferral |

As nouns the difference between infernal and inferral

is that infernal is (obsolete) an inhabitant of the infernal regions while inferral is act of inferring.

As an adjective infernal

is of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

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,

    Antonyms

    * (of or relating to hell) heavenly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
  • (Drayton)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    inferral

    English

    Noun

  • Act of inferring.
  • See also

    * implication