Preclude vs. Exclude

Precludeverb

(transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

Precludeverb

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

Precludeverb

To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.

Precludeverb

keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;

Precludeverb

make impossible, especially beforehand

Precludeverb

prevent from happening; make impossible

Precludeverb

(of a situation or condition) prevent someone from doing something

Excludeverb

(transitive) To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.

Excludeverb

(transitive) To expel; to put out.

Excludeverb

(transitive) To omit from consideration.

Excludeverb

To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.

Excludeverb

To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Excludeverb

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; - the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.

Excludeverb

To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

Excludeverb

prevent from being included or considered or accepted;

Excludeverb

prevent from entering; shut out;

Excludeverb

lack or fail to include;

Excludeverb

prevent from entering; keep out;

Excludeverb

put out or expel from a place;

Excludeverb

deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege

Excludeverb

keep (something) out of a place

Excludeverb

expel (a pupil) from school.

Excludeverb

remove from consideration

Excludeverb

prevent the occurrence of