exclude vs prevent

exclude and prevent both are verbs.

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

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

exclude: prevent from entering; shut out
prevent: stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

Other hypernyms of exclude include keep.

exclude (verb)	prevent (verb)
prevent from being included or considered or accepted	stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
prevent from entering; keep out	keep from happening or arising; make impossible
put out or expel from a place
prevent from entering; shut out
lack or fail to include