avert vs foreclose

avert and foreclose both are verbs.

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

As verbs, foreclose is a hypernym of avert; that is, foreclose 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
foreclose: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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

avert (verb)	foreclose (verb)
turn away or aside	subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
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