prevent vs postpone

[Elga]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #27 "At the Doctors", question 9

It is much easier to ......... an illness than it is to cure it.

(a) prepare
(b) prevent
(c) postpone
(d) prefer

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #27 "At the Doctors", answer 9

It is much easier to prevent an illness than it is to cure it.

Correct answer: (b) prevent
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postpone?

Elga

[Conchita]

Postpone, or put off until later, isn't something we can do with an illness, unfortunately.