intervention vs attention

attention vs intervention

intervention and attention both are nouns.

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

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

intervention: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
attention: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

Other hypernyms of intervention include aid, care, tending.

intervention (noun)	attention (noun)
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)	the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
(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	a courteous act indicating affection
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)	a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others	the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries	the faculty or power of mental concentration
	a general interest that leads people to want to know more

Difference between intervention and attention

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