forestall vs foreclose

forestall and foreclose both are verbs.

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

As verbs, forestall and foreclose are synonyms defined as:

forestall and foreclose: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Other synonyms of forestall include forbid, preclude, prevent.

forestall (verb)	foreclose (verb)
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time	subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
keep from happening or arising; make impossible	keep from happening or arising; make impossible