hydrotherapy vs intervention

intervention vs hydrotherapy

hydrotherapy and intervention both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hydrotherapy	Yes	No	No	No
intervention	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intervention is a hypernym of hydrotherapy; that is, intervention is a word with a broader meaning than hydrotherapy:

hydrotherapy: the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
intervention: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

Other hypernyms of hydrotherapy include treatment.

hydrotherapy (noun)	intervention (noun)
the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease	the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
	(law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
	care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
	the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
	a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries

Difference between hydrotherapy and intervention

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