forefend vs foreclose

forefend and foreclose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forefend	No	No	Yes	No
foreclose	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, foreclose is a hypernym of forefend; that is, foreclose is a word with a broader meaning than forefend:

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

Other hypernyms of forefend include forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent.

forefend (verb)	foreclose (verb)
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
	keep from happening or arising; make impossible