Noun the devil has 2 senses
  1. Satan, Old Nick, Devil, the Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness - (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
    --1 is a kind of spiritual being, supernatural being
  2. the devil - something difficult or awkward to do or deal with; "it will be the devil to solve"
    --2 is a kind of
    trouble, difficulty
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