Difference between Avert and Obviate

AVERT vs OBVIATE: VERB

To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.
Do away with
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

To turn away.
To keep from happening; prevent: : prevent.
To turn aside, or away; ; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; “To avert his ire.”

To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary.
To meet in the way.
To keep from happening or render unnecessary. : prevent.

To turn away; turn or cause to turn off or away: as, to avert the eyes from an object: now seldom with a personal object.
To give a turn or direction to; direct.
To ward off; prevent the occurrence or happening of (evil or something threatened).
To oppose; view with aversion.
Prevent the occurrence of
Prevent from happening

To meet.
To meet half-way, as difficulties or objections; hence, to meet and dispose of; clear out of the way; remove.
Prevent the occurrence of
Get rid of something
Prevent from happening

Avoiding, Minimize, Thwart, Defuse, Prevent, Forestall, Turn away, Debar, Fend off, Head off, Ward off, Deflect, Obviate, Avoid, Stave off

Circumvent, Sidestep, Prevent, Alleviate, Preclude, Head off, Ward off, Rid of, Fend off, Debar, Deflect, Stave off, Avert, Avoid, Eliminate

Avoided, Curb, Avoiding, Minimize, Thwart, Defuse, Prevent, Forestall, Turn away, Debar, Fend off, Deflect, Obviate, Avoid, Stave off

Remedy, Avoiding, Counteract, Circumvent, Sidestep, Prevent, Preclude, Rid of, Fend off, Debar, Deflect, Stave off, Avert, Avoid, Eliminate

This, of course, would obviate the rule in MBM Fin.
Do these considerations obviate any UN role in such negotiations?
Care must be taken in reassembly to obviate oil leaks.
SYN: Remove, displace, obviate, oust, recal, neutralize, overrule, suspend, supplant.
Knowledge of the future does not obviate free will.
English does not obviate the need for other languages.
This question helps obviate thematic vagabonding and tunnel vision.
Effective use of rhetorical questions may obviate this problem.
Catalina will obviate the need for an antivirus utility.
Family Services that Obviate Need for Child Placement.