avoid vs prevent

prevent vs avoid

avoid and prevent both are verbs.

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

As verbs, prevent is a hypernym of avoid; that is, prevent is a word with a broader meaning than avoid:

avoid: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
prevent: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Other hypernyms of avoid include forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude.

avoid (verb)	prevent (verb)
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
refrain from certain foods or beverages	keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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 prevent

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