prevent vs exclude

prevent and exclude both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prevent	No	No	Yes	No
exclude	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, exclude is a hyponym of prevent; that is, exclude is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prevent:

prevent: stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
exclude: prevent from entering; shut out

prevent (verb)	exclude (verb)
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state	prevent from being included or considered or accepted
keep from happening or arising; make impossible	prevent from entering; keep out
	put out or expel from a place
	prevent from entering; shut out
	lack or fail to include