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action vs prohibition

prohibition vs action

action and prohibition both are nouns.

action is a verb but prohibition is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
action Yes No Yes No
prohibition Yes No No No
As nouns, prohibition is a hyponym of action; that is, prohibition is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than action:
  • action: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  • prohibition: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Other hyponyms of action include thing, exercise, benignity, kindness, accomplishment, achievement, alienation, application, res gestae, course, course of action, interaction, fetch, playing, play, swordplay, arrival, carrying into action, carrying out, execution, performance, choice, option, pick, selection, change, economy, saving, forbiddance, inhibition, opposition, resistance, bruxism, transfusion, pickings, taking, transgression, aggression, hostility, group action, destabilisation, destabilization, employment, engagement, civility, politeness, reverence, consultation, reference, accenting, accentuation, emphasizing, beatification, jump-start, jumpstart, stupefaction, vampirism.
action (noun) prohibition (noun)
the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong a decree that prohibits something
something done (usually as opposed to something said) refusal to approve or assent to
a military engagement a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
an act by a government body or supranational organization the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
the series of events that form a plot
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
the state of being active
action (verb) prohibition (verb)
put in effect
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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