Proscribe vs Embargo - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between proscribe and embargo

is that proscribe is to forbid or prohibit while embargo is .

* The latter pronunciation is used when added distinction from (prescribe) is desired.

(proscrib)

To forbid or prohibit.

To denounce.

To banish or exclude.

* Avoid the erroneous construction “proscribe against”; substitute “proscribe” alone or the phrase “pre scribe against”.

* prescribe

(wikipedia embargo)

(en-noun)

An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

A ban on trade with another country.

* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo , an end to all trade between America and England.

A temporary ban on making certain information public.

* This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.

To impose an embargo on a document.