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require vs prohibit

prohibit vs require

require and prohibit both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
require No No Yes No
prohibit No No Yes No
As verbs, prohibit is a hyponym of require; that is, prohibit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than require:
  • require: make someone do something
  • prohibit: command against
Other hyponyms of require include burden, charge, saddle, requisition, disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, veto.
require (verb) prohibit (verb)
make someone do something command against
consider obligatory; request and expect
have need of
require as useful, just, or proper
Difference between require and prohibit

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