intervention vs medical care

medical care vs intervention

intervention and medical care both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intervention	Yes	No	No	No
medical care	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medical care is a hyponym of intervention; that is, medical care is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than intervention:

intervention: care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
medical care: professional treatment for illness or injury

Other hyponyms of intervention include medical aid, massage, modality, detoxification, chiropractic, fomentation, naturopathy, naprapathy, orthodontic treatment, orthoptics, osteopathy, osteoclasis, acupuncture, stylostixis, acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu, autogenic therapy, autogenic training, autogenics, hydropathy, hydrotherapy, rest-cure.

intervention (noun)	medical care (noun)
the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)	professional treatment for illness or injury
(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 intervention and medical care

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