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Prohibitive vs Inadmissible - What's the difference?

prohibitive | inadmissible | Synonyms |

Prohibitive is a synonym of inadmissible.


As adjectives the difference between prohibitive and inadmissible

is that prohibitive is tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow while inadmissible is not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial.

As a noun prohibitive

is (linguistics) negative imperative.

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

    • inadmissible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not admissible, especially that cannot be admitted as evidence at a trial

    • Synonyms

    * unadmissible, unadmittable

    Antonyms

    * admissible

    Related terms

    * inadmissibility