ban vs grant

ban

verb
  • To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. 

  • To curse; to utter curses or maledictions. 

  • To curse; to execrate. 

  • To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban. 

noun
  • A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu. 

  • A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit. 

  • A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. 

  • The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word. 

  • Prohibition. 

  • A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms. 

  • A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. 

  • A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. 

grant

verb
  • To assent; to consent. 

  • To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. 

  • to give (permission or wish) 

  • To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true. 

noun
  • The yielding or admission of something in dispute. 

  • The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. 

  • The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. 

  • A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government. 

  • An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like). 

  • The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made. 

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