prescribe vs recommend

prescribe and recommend both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prescribe	No	No	Yes	No
recommend	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recommend is a hypernym of prescribe; that is, recommend is a word with a broader meaning than prescribe:

Other hypernyms of prescribe include advocate, urge.

prescribe (verb)	recommend (verb)
issue commands or orders for	make attractive or acceptable
(medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription	express a good opinion of
recommend as beneficial	push for something