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Prohibited vs Forbidden - What's the difference?

prohibited | forbidden |

Forbidden is a synonym of prohibited.



As adjectives the difference between prohibited and forbidden

is that prohibited is forbidden; unallowed while forbidden is not allowed.

As verbs the difference between prohibited and forbidden

is that prohibited is past tense of prohibit while forbidden is past participle of lang=en.

prohibited

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Forbidden; unallowed
  • *

    • Synonyms

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

    Derived terms

    * prohibited area

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prohibit)

    • forbidden

    English

    (wikipedia forbidden)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not allowed.
  • * 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276
    • This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden' .

    Synonyms

    * prohibited

    Related terms

    * taboo

    Verb

    (head)
    • English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles