obviate vs forbid

obviate and forbid both are verbs.

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

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

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

obviate (verb)	forbid (verb)
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	command against
get rid of something	keep from happening or arising; make impossible