Shinbutsu-bunri is to prohibit conventional syncretization of Shinto with Buddhism and to distinguish between Shintoism and Buddhism, Kami (Shinto) and Buddha, and shrines and temples.
神仏分離（しんぶつぶんり）は、神仏習合の慣習を禁止し、神道と仏教、神(神道)と仏、神社と寺院とをはっきり区別させること。