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Stopped vs Forbidden - What's the difference?

stopped | forbidden |

As verbs the difference between stopped and forbidden

is that stopped is (stop) while forbidden is .

As adjectives the difference between stopped and forbidden

is that stopped is (of a vehicle) not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; while forbidden is not allowed.

stopped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stop)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a vehicle) Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed;
  • We were stopped for more than three hours!
    ''They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
  • (more generally) In the state resulting from having stopped.
  • A stopped clock is right twice a day.
  • (of a pipe) Having a stop; being closed at one end.
  • (of a plant) In a well-pruned state.
  • (phonetics) Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b'', ''d'', ''p'', and ''t .
  • Derived terms

    *

    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