Prohibit vs. Forbid — What's the Difference?

To forbid by authority

To command (someone) not to do something

To prevent; preclude

To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit

(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

To have the effect of preventing; preclude

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.

(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.

To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

(ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.

Command against;

(transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.

To accurse; to blast.

To defy; to challenge.

To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.

To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.

To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

To accurse; to blast.

To defy; to challenge.

To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.

Command against;

Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;