What's the difference between ban and forbid?

Ban


Definition:

  • (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
  • (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
  • (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense).
  • (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
  • (n.) A curse or anathema.
  • (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
  • (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon.
  • (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.
  • (v. i.) To curse; to swear.
  • (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patrice Evra Evra Handed a five-match international ban for his part in the France squad’s mutiny against Raymond Domenech at the 2010 World Cup, it took Evra almost a year to force his way back in.
  • (2) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (3) In one of Pruitt’s first official acts, for example, he overruled the recommendation of his own agency’s scientists, based on years of meticulous research, to ban a pesticide shown to cause nerve damage, one that poses a clear risk to children, farmworkers and rural drinking water supplies.
  • (4) We repeat our call for them to do so at the earliest opportunity, and to share those findings so that we can take any appropriate actions.” In the BBC programme the 29-year-old Rupp, who won 10,000m silver at the London 2012 Olympics behind Farah, was accused of having taken testosterone and being a regular user of the asthma drug prednisone, which is banned in competition.
  • (5) Uruguay's coach, Oscar Tabárez, had insisted yesterday that his player should face only a one-match ban.
  • (6) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence Read more “The law against gay propaganda legitimised violence against LGBT people, and they now are banning street actions under it,” Klimova said.
  • (7) The Guardian neglects to mention 150,000 privately owned guns or that Palestinians are banned from bearing arms.
  • (8) Federal judges who blocked the bans cited harsh rhetoric employed by Trump on the campaign trail , specifically a pledge to ban all Muslims from entering the US and support for giving priority to Christian refugees, as being reflective of the intent behind his travel ban.
  • (9) Strict fundamentalists oppose music in any form as a sensual distraction - the Taliban, of course, banned music in Afghanistan.
  • (10) While it’s not unknown to see such self-balancing mini scooters on the pavement, under legal guidance reiterated on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service all such “personal transporters”, including hoverboards and Segways , are banned from the footpath.
  • (11) That would be the first step towards banning Russia’s track team from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
  • (12) The policy was effective in reducing perceived environmental tobacco smoke exposure in work areas where smoking was banned but not in nonwork areas where smoking was allowed in designated areas.
  • (13) Kunduz hospital patients 'burned in beds … even wars have rules', says MSF chief Read more The resolution – which was supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others – requests that Ban present recommendations on measures to prevent attacks and to ensure that those who carry them out are held accountable.
  • (14) A federal judge struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
  • (15) The 79-year-old also described the Liverpool striker’s four-month suspension from all football , plus nine international matches and a £65,000 fine, as a “fascist ban”.
  • (16) The National Basketball Players Association has asked the NBA to ban Sterling from attending playoff games and to impose the league's maximum penalties if the comments are verified to be his.
  • (17) The Yamaguchi-gumi is reportedly considering a ban on sending traditional gifts to business associates, and holds weekly meetings to discuss its response to the new ordinances.
  • (18) But perhaps the most striking example of how differently much of the world sees London – and the importance of religion – from the way the city plainly sees itself came from the US, where Donald Trump caused uproar with a call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
  • (19) Check out the latest bill from Russia's parliament, the Duma: its aim is to ban the "unnecessary" usage of foreign words (in cases where there is a pre-existing Russian counterpart).
  • (20) A nine-year-old Scottish girl who attracted two million readers to a blog documenting her school lunches , consisting of unappealing and unhealthy dishes served up to pupils, has been forced to end the project after the council banned her from taking pictures of the food in school.

Forbid


Definition:

  • () of Forbid
  • (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.
  • (v. t.) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.
  • (v. t.) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
  • (v. t.) To accurse; to blast.
  • (v. t.) To defy; to challenge.
  • (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It said the move was illegal and violated its charter, which forbids police from entering the building without the presence of a union official,.
  • (2) But while the public is convinced it doesn’t go far enough, the major parties have actually resisted most calls for greater scrutiny – independent oversight or, heaven forbid, a federal version of Icac .
  • (3) Government officials meeting and discussing policy with private interests in secret, or representatives of other governments, is a violation of the Logan Act," he said, referring to a federal law first passed in 1799 that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments.
  • (4) Islam forbids alcohol and many Islamists consider the remarks unacceptable.
  • (5) It gave a good aerial view of the place: the fake trees, the sign forbidding adults from entering the photo tent without a child, the costumed staff.
  • (6) God forbid they would actually be "brave" enough to schedule two women co-presenting a show – an immediate turn-off, clearly.
  • (7) Government restrictions, instituted in 2006, forbid the export of raw teff grain, only allowing shipments of injera and other processed products.
  • (8) Almost all decisions with regard to allowing or forbidding research with and on the embryo as well as any other diagnostic invasion into the embryo depend on what kind and range of protection human life in this early stage of its development is or should be entitled to.
  • (9) The SABC has also been accused of sidelining Zuma's rival Julius Malema, forbidding terms such as "Nkandlagate" or "Zumaville" to describe the president's home and even banning an animated advert that showed Zuma dining on fish and chips .
  • (10) A court injunction forbidding their removal from Australian territorial waters remained in place last night.
  • (11) The latter investigation may reveal anomalies of the vertebral artery that can hinder of forbid the pedicular fixation.
  • (12) We also know from our experience that the other part of the job, that means putting everything on the desk, can be a painful experience, but that it is absolutely necessary to do this, as we have seen from our own history.” Bach also pointed to the strict new bidding rules for candidate cities introduced in the wake of Salt Lake City, forbidding them from visiting voting members.
  • (13) We need to create an environment where girls are actually equal, but this is going to take some time.” Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government launched its national campaign to address the sex ratio in Haryana with a renewed focus on enforcing laws that forbid sex-selection abortion and diagnostic techniques that are used for female foeticide.
  • (14) Read more The eastern state of Bihar this week took the unprecedented step of forbidding any cooking between 9am and 6pm, after accidental fires exacerbated by dry, hot and windy weather swept through shantytowns and thatched-roof houses in villages and killed 79 people.
  • (15) Poland has legislation in place forbidding the marketing of all GM seeds.
  • (16) The laws of the reserve forbid the hunting of endangered species, especially elephants and okapi, and the exploitation of its gold reserves.
  • (17) The state forbids women from attending sporting matches, and Ghavami chose to challenge this injustice.
  • (18) The "logic" was extended to specific practices in preparing foods, eating of foods on special days, the use of food in curing certain diseases, and forbidding foods at certain times.
  • (19) American law forbids foreign-controlled ownership of nuclear facilities, barring major investment from abroad.
  • (20) Much as liberal Democrats may prefer President Sanders to President Clinton, the latter is certainly far more desirable than President Bush, President Walker or, heaven forbid, President Trump.

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