forestalling vs prevention

forestalling and prevention both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forestalling	Yes	No	No	No
prevention	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, prevention is a hypernym of forestalling; that is, prevention is a word with a broader meaning than forestalling:

forestalling: the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
prevention: the act of preventing

Other hypernyms of forestalling include bar.

forestalling (noun)	prevention (noun)
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively	the act of preventing