circumvent vs put off

circumvent and put off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumvent	No	No	Yes	No
put off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, circumvent and put off are synonyms defined as:

circumvent and put off: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Other synonyms of circumvent include dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, sidestep, skirt.

circumvent (verb)	put off (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
beat through cleverness and wit	take away the enthusiasm of
surround so as to force to give up	cause to feel embarrassment
	cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
	hold back to a later time