imaginary place vs purgatory

purgatory vs imaginary place

imaginary place and purgatory both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imaginary place	Yes	No	No	No
purgatory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, purgatory is a hyponym of imaginary place; that is, purgatory is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than imaginary place:

imaginary place: a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
purgatory: (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins

Other hyponyms of imaginary place include afterworld, Annwfn, Annwn, Asgard, Atlantis, Brobdingnag, cloud-cuckoo-land, Cockaigne, El Dorado, eldorado, faerie, faery, fairyland, Heaven, Elysium, Hades, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld, Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition, pit, Houyhnhnms, Laputa, Lilliput, limbo, limbo, Midgard, dreamland, dreamworld, never-never land, Ruritania, spirit world, Sion, Utopia, Zion, wonderland.

imaginary place (noun)	purgatory (noun)
a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings	(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
	a temporary condition of torment or suffering

Difference between imaginary place and purgatory

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