writ of prohibition vs writ

writ of prohibition and writ both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
writ of prohibition	Yes	No	No	No
writ	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, writ is a hypernym of writ of prohibition; that is, writ is a word with a broader meaning than writ of prohibition:

writ of prohibition: a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
writ: (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

Other hypernyms of writ of prohibition include judicial writ.

writ of prohibition (noun)	writ (noun)
a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case	(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer