avert vs forbid

avert and forbid both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
avert	No	No	Yes	No
forbid	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, forbid is a hypernym of avert; that is, forbid is a word with a broader meaning than avert:

avert: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
forbid: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Other hypernyms of avert include foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent.

avert (verb)	forbid (verb)
turn away or aside	command against
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	keep from happening or arising; make impossible