forfend vs foreclose

forfend and foreclose both are verbs.

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

As verbs, foreclose is a hypernym of forfend; that is, foreclose 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
foreclose: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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

forfend (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