averting vs shunning
shunning vs avertingaverting and shunning both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| averting | Yes | No | No | No |
| shunning | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
shunning is a hypernym of
averting; that is, shunning is a
word with a broader meaning than averting:
- averting: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away
- shunning: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
| averting (noun) | shunning (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of preventing something from occurring | deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening |
| the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away |
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