shut out vs prevent

shut out and prevent both are verbs.

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

As verbs, prevent is a hypernym of shut out; that is, prevent is a word with a broader meaning than shut out:

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

Other hypernyms of shut out include keep.

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