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cease and desist order vs prohibition

prohibition vs cease and desist order

cease and desist order and prohibition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cease and desist order Yes No No No
prohibition Yes No No No
As nouns, prohibition is a hypernym of cease and desist order; that is, prohibition is a word with a broader meaning than cease and desist order:
  • cease and desist order: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
  • prohibition: a decree that prohibits something
Other hypernyms of cease and desist order include ban, proscription.
cease and desist order (noun) prohibition (noun)
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
a decree that prohibits something
refusal to approve or assent to
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Difference between cease and desist order and prohibition

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