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Restricted vs Forbidden - What's the difference?

restricted | forbidden |

As verbs the difference between restricted and forbidden

is that restricted is past tense of restrict while forbidden is past participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between restricted and forbidden

is that restricted is limited within bounds while forbidden is not allowed.

restricted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (restrict)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Limited within bounds.
  • Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
  • One of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document.
  • (grammar) Qualified.

    • Anagrams

    *

    forbidden

    English

    (wikipedia forbidden)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not allowed.
  • * 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276
    • This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden' .

    Synonyms

    * prohibited

    Related terms

    * taboo

    Verb

    (head)
    • English adjectives ending in -en English irregular past participles