intervene vs take place

intervene and take place both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intervene	No	No	Yes	No
take place	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take place is a hypernym of intervene; that is, take place is a word with a broader meaning than intervene:

Other hypernyms of intervene include come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off.

intervene (verb)	take place (verb)
occur between other event or between certain points of time	come to pass
get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events