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enjoining vs prohibition

prohibition vs enjoining

enjoining and prohibition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
enjoining Yes No No No
prohibition Yes No No No
As nouns, prohibition is a hypernym of enjoining; that is, prohibition is a word with a broader meaning than enjoining:
  • enjoining: (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 enjoining include ban, proscription.
enjoining (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 enjoining and prohibition

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