What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Preclude vs Interdict - What's the difference?

preclude | interdict |

In transitive terms the difference between preclude and interdict

is that preclude is remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible while interdict is to forbid (someone) from doing something.

As a noun interdict is

a papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.

preclude

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Verb

(preclud)
  • Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
    • It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-08-09 , author = Douglas Main , title = Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation , site = livescience , url = http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html , accessdate = 2013-09-30 }}
    Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

    Derived terms

    * precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusively

    interdict

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Roman Catholic) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
  • * Ayliffe
    • An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.
  • To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
  • * Milton
    • Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
  • To forbid (someone) from doing something.
  • (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 756:
    • Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.

    Related terms

    * interdiction * interdictive * interdictory * interdictively * interdictor