Tariff vs Embargo - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between tariff and embargo

is that tariff is to levy a duty on (something while embargo is to impose an embargo on a document.

(wikipedia tariff) (en noun)

a system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves

a schedule of rates, fees or prices

(British) a sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime

* tariffless

(en verb)

to levy a duty on (something)

(wikipedia embargo)

(en-noun)

An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

A ban on trade with another country.

* 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo , an end to all trade between America and England.

A temporary ban on making certain information public.

* This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.

To impose an embargo on a document.