exclude vs lock out

exclude and lock out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exclude	No	No	Yes	No
lock out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, lock out is a hyponym of exclude; that is, lock out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exclude:

Other hyponyms of exclude include curse, excommunicate, unchurch, ostracise, ostracize.

exclude (verb)	lock out (verb)
prevent from being included or considered or accepted	prevent employees from working during a strike
prevent from entering; keep out
put out or expel from a place
prevent from entering; shut out
lack or fail to include