prevent vs shut out

prevent and shut out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prevent	No	No	Yes	No
shut out	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shut out is a hyponym of prevent; that is, shut out 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
shut out: prevent from entering; shut out

prevent (verb)	shut out (verb)
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state	prevent from entering; shut out
keep from happening or arising; make impossible