intervention vs involution

involution vs intervention

intervention and involution both are nouns.

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

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

intervention: the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
involution: the act of sharing in the activities of a group

Other hypernyms of intervention include engagement, involvement, participation.

intervention (noun)	involution (noun)
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)	the action of enfolding 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	the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)	the act of sharing in the activities of a group
the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others	marked by elaborately complex detail
a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries	a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction
	reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

Difference between intervention and involution

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