involution vs intervention

intervention vs involution

involution and intervention both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of involution include commitment, intercession, group participation.

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

Difference between involution and intervention

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