Netherworld vs Underworld - What's the difference?
netherworld | underworld | Synonyms |
The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
(by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
(mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
Underworld is a synonym of netherworld.
As nouns the difference between netherworld and underworld
is that netherworld is the place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth while underworld is that part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.netherworld
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* nether worldNoun
(en noun)- In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld , hell, instead of the heavens.
- While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds .
- The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld .
- Richard had been initiated to the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance enhancing drugs.