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Debar vs Deprive - What's the difference?

debar | deprive |

As verbs the difference between debar and deprive

is that debar is to exclude or shut out; to bar while deprive is to take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.

As a proper noun Debar

is a city in the west of the Republic of Macedonia.

debar

English

Verb

(debarr)
  • To exclude or shut out; to bar.
  • (US, legal) To prohibit a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with an application for approval of a new drug from participating in future applications.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with (disbar).

    Derived terms

    * debarment

    Anagrams

    *

    deprive

    English

    Verb

    (depriv)
  • To take something away (and keep it away); deny someone of something.
  • * 2005 , .
  • * 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
    • "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
    If we had been deprived' of it, the most serious consequence would be that we'd be ' deprived of philosophy.

    Derived terms

    * depriver (agent noun)

    Related terms

    * deprivation * private * privation * privy

    Synonyms

    * impoverish

    Antonyms

    * enrich