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Prohibitive vs Restrictive - What's the difference?

prohibitive | restrictive | Synonyms |

Prohibitive is a synonym of restrictive.


As adjectives the difference between prohibitive and restrictive

is that prohibitive is tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow while restrictive is confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.

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

    • restrictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • confining, limiting, containing with in defined bounds.