The difference between Hella and Mad
When used as adverbs, hella means to a large extent, whereas mad means intensifier.
Hella is also interjection with the meaning: for sure.
Hella is also determiner with the meaning: much or many.
Hella is also pronoun with the meaning: a lot.
Hella is also contraction with the meaning: hell have.
Mad is also verb with the meaning: to be or become mad.
Mad is also adjective with the meaning: insane.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hella and Mad
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Hella as a pronoun (slang, chiefly Northern California):
A lot; or, a hell of a lot.
Examples:
"We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine."
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Hella as an adverb (slang, chiefly Northern California):
to a large extent; totally; very much.
Examples:
"I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track."
"Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it."
"Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot."
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Hella as an adverb (slang, chiefly, US):
to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Examples:
"I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial."
"I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young."
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Mad as an adjective:
Insane; crazy, mentally deranged.
Examples:
"You want to spend $1000 on a pair of shoes? Are you mad?"
"He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women."
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Mad as an adjective (chiefly, US; UK dated + regional):
Angry, annoyed.
Examples:
"Are you mad at me?"
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Mad as an adjective:
Wildly confused or excited.
Examples:
"to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred"
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Mad as an adjective:
Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent.
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Mad as an adjective (colloquial, usually with ''for'' or ''about''):
Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for.
Examples:
"Aren't you just mad for that red dress?"
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Mad as an adjective (of animals):
Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies.
Examples:
"a mad dog"
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Mad as an adjective (slang, chiefly Northeastern US):
Intensifier, signifies an abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many.
Examples:
"I gotta give you mad props for scoring us those tickets. Their lead guitarist has mad skills. There are always mad girls at those parties."
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Mad as an adjective (of a compass needle):
Having impaired polarity.
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Mad as an adverb (slang, New England, New York, and, UK, dialect):
Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
Examples:
"He was driving mad slow."
"It's mad hot today."
"He seems mad keen on her."
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Mad as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To be or become mad.
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Mad as a verb (now, _, colloquial, _, US):
To madden, to anger, to frustrate.