avoid vs get away

get away vs avoid

avoid and get away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
avoid	No	No	Yes	No
get away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, get away is a hyponym of avoid; that is, get away 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
get away: escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

Other hyponyms of avoid include circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt, escape, miss, escape, 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)	get away (verb)
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
refrain from certain foods or beverages	run away from confinement
declare invalid	remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
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 get away

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