防止 and 阻止 what's the difference?
what's the difference?

Thanks!!

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防止 and 阻止 what's the difference?
what's the difference?

Thanks!!

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no big difference, mainly denpends on speaker's usage

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防止: prevent (not happened) 阻止:stop (happened)

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阻止 a thing  have happend ,we  do something  to stop it.
防止 do something to avoid it happen.

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防止：prevent something  that maybe happen in the future. 
e.g. 我们要防止此类事情再次发生。
阻止：stop something is happening or may happen in the future.
e.g.我们要阻止他们继续杀人。
Besides，防止 is more formal than 阻止.

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防止 means"prevent,avert,hinder,guard against,protect against";阻止 means"to prevent from, to keep from, to prohibit from, to stop from, to hold back".