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Ban vs. Proscribe — What's the Difference?

Ban vs. Proscribe — What's the Difference?

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Ban

To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree
Banned smoking in theaters.
Banned pesticides in parks.

Proscribe

Forbid, especially by law
Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces

Ban

To refuse to allow (someone) to do something, go somewhere, or be a participant; exclude
A coach who was banned from the sidelines for two games.
A gambler who was banned from the club.

Proscribe

To prohibit; forbid
Foods that are proscribed by religious dietary laws.

Ban

South African Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
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Proscribe

To denounce or condemn
"The small sins of natural pleasure that we see ... mildly proscribed in the confession manuals of the late Middle Ages" (James Turner).

Ban

(Archaic) To curse.

Proscribe

To banish or outlaw (a person)
"Emperors took it on themselves to proscribe heretics" (Garry Wills).

Ban

A prohibition imposed by law or official decree
A ban on cigarette smoking on airplanes.

Proscribe

To publish the name of (a person) as outlawed.

Ban

An excommunication or condemnation by church officials.

Proscribe

(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.

Ban

Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.

Proscribe

(transitive) To denounce.
The word ‘ain’t’ is proscribed by many authorities.

Ban

A summons to arms in feudal times.

Proscribe

(transitive) To banish or exclude.
Many Roman citizens were proscribed for taking part in rebellions.

Ban

(Archaic) A curse; an imprecation.

Proscribe

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.
Robert Vere, Earl of Oxford, . . . was banished the realm, and proscribed.

Ban

A unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the primary unit of currency in Romania and Moldova.

Proscribe

To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.
The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice.

Ban

To summon; to call out.

Proscribe

Command against;
I forbid you to call me late at night
Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store

Ban

(transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.

Ban

(transitive) To curse; to execrate.

Ban

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
Bare feet are banned in this establishment.

Ban

(ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.

Ban

Prohibition.

Ban

A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice.

Ban

The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
He has sent abroad to assemble his ban and arriere ban.
The Ban and the Arrierban are met armed in the field to choose a king.
France was at such a Pinch..that they call'd their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long discussed, and in a manner antiquated.
The ban was sometimes convoked, that is, the possessors of the fiefs were called upon for military services.
The act of calling together the vassals in armed array, was entitled ‘convoking the ban.

Ban

(obsolete) A curse or anathema.

Ban

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

Ban

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.

Ban

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.

Ban

A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

Ban

A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

Ban

A kind of fine muslin, made in the East Indies from the fiber of the banana leaf stalks.

Ban

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

Ban

A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

Ban

Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).

Ban

An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.

Ban

A curse or anathema.

Ban

A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

Ban

An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Ban

To curse; to invoke evil upon.

Ban

To forbid; to interdict.

Ban

To curse; to swear.

Ban

A decree that prohibits something

Ban

100 bani equal 1 leu

Ban

100 bani equal 1 leu

Ban

An official prohibition or edict against something

Ban

A bachelor's degree in nursing

Ban

Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
Smoking is banned in this building

Ban

Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Ban

Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Ban

Expel from a community or group

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