# prohibition vs prohibitive

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### prohibition
*noun · IPA /ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/ · frequency rank #10,111*
An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.

### prohibitive
*adjective · IPA /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/ · frequency rank #30,924*
Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.

## Source
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