Difference between Tabu and Taboo

What is the difference between Tabu and Taboo?

Tabu as a noun is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. while Taboo as a noun is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

Tabu

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

Taboo

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To mark as taboo.To ban.To avoid.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

We hope you now know whether to use Tabu or Taboo in your sentence.

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