Difference between hades and underworld
Definitions
noun
- (religion) the world of the dead
- (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
Examples
She was carrying her overnight case and a basket of dried flowers-statice, strawflower, and immortelle in the pastel colors referred to in seed catalogues as "art shades": fawn, apricot, mauve, and pale yellow.
There had been a good deal of joking, both Spanish and English, among the passengers; I had found particularly cheering the richness of a certain machinist’s trousers of bright golden corduroy; but as the shades of night began to embrown the scene our spirits fell; and at the cry of a lonesome bird, far off where the sunset had been, they followed the sun in its sudden drop.
On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to overpower your colouring.
Definitions
noun
- (religion) the world of the dead
- the criminal class
Examples
Paul Williams is a master of talking horseshit, but even a guffer like him finds it hard to fill pages every week with shite sensationalism about the Irish criminal underworld.
He is out there somewhere, lurking in the shadows of the underworld and, I do not doubt, burning for revenge.
By their very nature, underworld deals are negotiated and sealed in cloak-and-dagger secrecy.
