avoid vs shirk

avoid and shirk both are verbs.

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

As verbs, shirk is a hyponym of avoid; that is, shirk 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
shirk: avoid dealing with

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

Other hyponyms of avoid include fiddle, goldbrick, shrink from.

avoid (verb)	shirk (verb)
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something	avoid dealing with
refrain from certain foods or beverages	avoid (one's assigned duties)
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