Prevent vs. Prohibit

Preventverb

(transitive) To stop; to keep from.

Preventverb

To take preventative measures.

Preventverb

To come before; to precede.

Preventverb

To outdo, surpass.

Preventverb

To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Preventverb

To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

Preventverb

To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Preventverb

To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

Preventverb

To come before the usual time.

Preventverb

keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;

Preventverb

prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;

Preventverb

keep (something) from happening

Preventverb

stop (someone) from doing something

Preventverb

(of God) go before (someone) with spiritual guidance and help.

Prohibitverb

(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

Prohibitverb

To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.

Prohibitverb

To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

Prohibitverb

command against;