Extortionate vs Prohibitive - What's the difference?
extortionate | prohibitive |
of, related to or typifying extortion
greatly exceeding what is reasonable or moderate; exorbitant
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
As adjectives the difference between extortionate and prohibitive
is that extortionate is of, related to or typifying extortion while prohibitive is tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.As a noun prohibitive is
negative imperative.extortionate
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Adjective
(en adjective)prohibitive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
- I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.