short-circuit vs frustrate

short-circuit and frustrate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short-circuit	No	No	Yes	No
frustrate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, frustrate is a hypernym of short-circuit; that is, frustrate is a word with a broader meaning than short-circuit:

Other hypernyms of short-circuit include baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart.

short-circuit (verb)	frustrate (verb)
avoid something unpleasant or laborious	treat cruelly
create a short circuit in	hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
hamper the progress of; impede