Taboo vs Embargo - What's the difference?

Taboo is a related term of embargo.

is that taboo is to mark as taboo while embargo is .

is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

is excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

(wikipedia taboo)

* tabu

(en noun)

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 213:

The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus .

(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

(en adjective)

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.

Culturally forbidden.

(en verb)

To mark as taboo.

To ban.

To avoid.

(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.