put off vs circumvent

put off and circumvent both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put off	No	No	Yes	No
circumvent	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, put off and circumvent are synonyms defined as:

put off and circumvent: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Other synonyms of put off include dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, sidestep, skirt.

put off (verb)	circumvent (verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)	avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
take away the enthusiasm of	beat through cleverness and wit
cause to feel embarrassment	surround so as to force to give up
cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
hold back to a later time