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Precluded vs Enabled - What's the difference?

precluded | enabled |

As verbs the difference between precluded and enabled

is that precluded is (preclude) while enabled is (enable).

As an adjective enabled is

being capable for use or action.

precluded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (preclude)

    • preclude

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (preclud)
  • Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
    • It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-08-09 , author = Douglas Main , title = Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation , site = livescience , url = http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html , accessdate = 2013-09-30 }}
    Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

    Derived terms

    * precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusively

    enabled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being capable for use or action.

    • Antonyms

    * disabled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enable)