avoid vs bypass

bypass vs avoid

avoid is not a noun while bypass is a noun.

avoid and bypass both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
avoid	No	No	Yes	No
bypass	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, bypass is a hyponym of avoid; that is, bypass is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than avoid:

avoid: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
bypass: avoid something unpleasant or laborious

Other hyponyms of avoid include circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, escape, miss, escape, get away, get by, get off, get out, get around, go around, short-circuit, keep off, stay off, shirk, shy away from, eschew, shun.

avoid (noun)	bypass (noun)
	a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
	a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
	a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

avoid (verb)	bypass (verb)
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	avoid something unpleasant or laborious
refrain from certain foods or beverages
declare invalid
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
refrain from doing something

Difference between avoid and bypass

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