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Proscription vs Prescription - What's the difference?

proscription | prescription |

As nouns the difference between proscription and prescription

is that proscription is a prohibition while prescription is the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..

As an adjective prescription is

(of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription.

proscription

English

(wikipedia proscription)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A prohibition.
  • (history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
  • * 1837 , Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb,
    • He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]
  • The act of proscribing, or its result.
  • A decree or law that prohibits.

    • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with prescription

    Related terms

    * proscribe * proscriptive * proscriptively

    prescription

    English

    (wikipedia prescription)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc. .
    • "Jurisdiction to prescribe " is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
  • (legal) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.
    • The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.
  • (medicine) A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
    • The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
  • (medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
    • The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription .
  • (ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc. .
    • The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.
  • A piece of advice.
    • "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (of a drug, etc. ) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription
    • Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.

    See also

    * proscription ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Noun

    (f)