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Precluded vs Prohibited - What's the difference?

precluded | prohibited |

As verbs the difference between precluded and prohibited

is that precluded is (preclude) while prohibited is (prohibit).

As an adjective prohibited is

forbidden; unallowed.

precluded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (preclude)

    • 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

    prohibited

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Forbidden; unallowed
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (law) criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful

    Derived terms

    * prohibited area

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prohibit)