Difference between Ban and Proscription

What is the difference between Ban and Proscription?

Ban as a noun is prohibition while Proscription as a noun is a prohibition.

Ban

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To forbid or block from participation.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: prohibition A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Romanian leu A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Moldavian леу A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

Example sentence: There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.

Proscription

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A prohibition.Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.The act of proscribing, or its result.A decree or law that prohibits.

We hope you now know whether to use Ban or Proscription in your sentence.

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