Ascribe vs Proscribe - What's the difference?
ascribe | proscribe |
To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
To forbid or prohibit.
To denounce.
To banish or exclude.
In transitive terms the difference between ascribe and proscribe
is that ascribe is to attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator while proscribe is to banish or exclude.ascribe
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(ascrib)- One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
- It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.