debar vs prohibit

debar and prohibit both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
debar	No	No	Yes	No
prohibit	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, prohibit is a hypernym of debar; that is, prohibit is a word with a broader meaning than debar:

Other hypernyms of debar include disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, veto.

debar (verb)	prohibit (verb)
prevent from entering; keep out	command against
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.