Difference between Hell and Purgatory

What is the difference between Hell and Purgatory?

Hell as a noun is a place or situation of great suffering in life. while Purgatory as a noun is in catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven

Hell

Part of speech: proper noun

Definition: In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death. The place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Used to express negative discontent. Used to emphasize.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A place or situation of great suffering in life. A place for gambling. An extremely hot place.

Example sentence: To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

Purgatory

Part of speech: noun

Definition: In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heavenany situation causing suffering

Example sentence: We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places.

We hope you now know whether to use Hell or Purgatory in your sentence.

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