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Iniquitous vs Infernal - What's the difference?

iniquitous | infernal | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between iniquitous and infernal

is that iniquitous is wicked or sinful while infernal is of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

As a noun infernal is

an inhabitant of the infernal regions.

iniquitous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • wicked or sinful
  • morally objectionable

    • Synonyms

    * (wicked :) flagitious * (wicked :) nefarious * (morally objectionable :) perverse

    Antonyms

    * (wicked :) righteous * (morally objectionable :) righteous

    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,

    Related terms

    * infernally * infernal machine * inferno

    Antonyms

    * (of or relating to hell) heavenly

    Noun

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