Prevent vs. Prohibit — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Prevent and Prohibit
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Prevent
Keep (something) from happening
Action must be taken to prevent further accidents
Prohibit
To forbid by authority
Smoking is prohibited in most theaters.
Prevent
(of God) go before (someone) with spiritual guidance and help.
Prohibit
To prevent; preclude
Modesty prohibits me from saying what happened.
Prevent
To keep from happening; avert
Took steps to prevent the strike.
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Prohibit
(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.
Prevent
To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede
Prevented us from winning.
Prevented the disease from spreading.
Prohibit
To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.
Prevent
To anticipate or counter in advance.
Prohibit
To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Gates of burning adamant,Barred over us, prohibit all egress.
Prevent
To come before; precede.
Prohibit
Command against;
I forbid you to call me late at night
Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
Prevent
To present an obstacle
There will be a picnic if nothing prevents.
Prevent
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay.
Prevent
To take preventative measures.
Prevent
To come before; to precede.
Prevent
To outdo, surpass.
Prevent
To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Prevent
To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.
Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen.
Prevent
To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Their ready guilt preventing thy commands.
Prevent
To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
Perhaps forestalling night prevented them.
Prevent
To come before the usual time.
Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early.
Prevent
Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;
My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
Prevent
Prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;
We must prevent the cancer from spreading
His snoring kept me from falling asleep
Keep the child from eating the marbles
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