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Daunting vs Forbidding - What's the difference?

daunting | forbidding |

As verbs the difference between daunting and forbidding

is that daunting is present participle of lang=en while forbidding is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between daunting and forbidding

is that daunting is discouraging, inspiring fear while forbidding is highly unpleasant or disagreeable.

As a noun forbidding is

the act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

daunting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • discouraging, inspiring fear
  • overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive

    • Related terms

    * dauntingly * dauntless

    forbidding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • highly unpleasant or disagreeable
  • threatening or menacing

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
  • * William Shakespeare
    • But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him.