avoid vs evade

avoid and evade both are verbs.

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

As verbs, evade is a hyponym of avoid; that is, evade 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
evade: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

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

avoid (verb)	evade (verb)
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
refrain from certain foods or beverages	use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
declare invalid	escape, either physically or mentally
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	practice evasion
refrain from doing something

Difference between avoid and evade

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