Infernal vs Purgatory - What's the difference?
infernal | purgatory |
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
(as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
* 1905 , Bram Stoker, The Man
(theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
any situation causing suffering
As adjectives the difference between infernal and purgatory
is that infernal is of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish while purgatory is tending to cleanse; expiatory.As nouns the difference between infernal and purgatory
is that infernal is (obsolete) an inhabitant of the infernal regions while purgatory is (theology) in catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven.infernal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman,