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Presumptive vs Prohibitive - What's the difference?

presumptive | prohibitive |

As adjectives the difference between presumptive and prohibitive

is that presumptive is based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief while prohibitive is tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.

As a noun prohibitive is

(linguistics) negative imperative.

presumptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
  • By late May, he was already considered his party's presumptive nominee.
  • making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.
  • Forgive me for being presumptive , but aren't you and Mark engaged?

    Synonyms

    * (based on presumption) likely, presumed * (making presumptions) presumptuous

    prohibitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
  • Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
  • Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
  • I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) negative imperative