fend off vs forbid

fend off and forbid both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fend off	No	No	Yes	No
forbid	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, forbid is a hypernym of fend off; that is, forbid is a word with a broader meaning than fend off:

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

Other hypernyms of fend off include foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent.

fend off (verb)	forbid (verb)
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	command against
	keep from happening or arising; make impossible