forfend vs forbid

forfend and forbid both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forfend	No	No	Yes	No
forbid	No	No	Yes	No

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

forfend: 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 forfend include foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent.

forfend (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