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Infernal vs Pyro - What's the difference?

infernal | pyro |

As adjectives the difference between infernal and pyro

is that infernal is of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish while pyro is pyromaniac, pyromaniacal.

As nouns the difference between infernal and pyro

is that infernal is (obsolete) an inhabitant of the infernal regions while pyro is (slang) a pyromaniac.

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) ----

    pyro

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) a pyromaniac
  • pyrocellulose
  • pyrotechnician
  • pyrotechnics
  • (archaic, especially, photography) pyrogallic acid
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pyromaniac, pyromaniacal
  • pyrotechnic
  • See also

    * pyromania

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