ward off vs foreclose

ward off and foreclose both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ward off	No	No	Yes	No
foreclose	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, foreclose is a hypernym of ward off; that is, foreclose is a word with a broader meaning than ward off:

ward off: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
foreclose: keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Other hypernyms of ward off include forbid, forestall, preclude, prevent.

ward off (verb)	foreclose (verb)
avert, turn away, or repel	subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off	keep from happening or arising; make impossible