The difference between Limitation and Prescription

When used as nouns, limitation means the act of limiting or the state of being limited, whereas prescription means the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..


Prescription is also adjective with the meaning: only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription.

check bellow for the other definitions of Limitation and Prescription

  1. Limitation as a noun:

    The act of limiting or the state of being limited.

  2. Limitation as a noun:

    A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.

    Examples:

    "Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation, it felt like a limitation you could roll in."

    "He understood the exam material, but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome."

  3. Limitation as a noun:

    An imperfection or shortcoming that limits something's use or value.

  4. Limitation as a noun (law):

    A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

    Examples:

    "The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the ten-year limitation."

  1. Prescription as a noun (legal):

    The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc.. Also called extinctive prescription or liberative prescription. A time period within which a right must be exercised, otherwise it will be extinguished. Also called acquisitive prescription. A time period after which a person who has, in the role of an owner, uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly possessed another's property acquires the property. The described process is known as acquisition by prescription and adverse possession.

  2. Prescription as a noun (medicine, pharmacy):

    A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.

  3. Prescription as a noun (medicine):

    The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.

  4. Prescription as a noun (ophthalmology):

    The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..

  5. Prescription as a noun (linguistics):

    The act or practice of laying down norms of language usage, as opposed to description, i.e. recording and describing actual usage.

  6. Prescription as a noun (linguistics):

    An instance of a prescriptive pronouncement.

  7. Prescription as a noun:

    A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a recipe.

  1. Prescription as an adjective:

    only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription

    Examples:

    "Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S."