Proscription vs Embargo - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between proscription and embargo

is that proscription is a prohibition while embargo is an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

to impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.

(wikipedia proscription)

(en noun)

A prohibition.

(history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.

* 1837 , Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb,

He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]

The act of proscribing, or its result.

A decree or law that prohibits.

* Do not confuse with prescription

(wikipedia embargo)

(en-noun)

An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

A ban on trade with another country.

* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo , an end to all trade between America and England.

A temporary ban on making certain information public.

* This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.

To impose an embargo on a document.