proceedings vs intervention

intervention vs proceedings

proceedings and intervention both are nouns.

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

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

proceedings: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
intervention: (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

Other hyponyms of proceedings include foreclosure, procedure, action, action at law, legal action, case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit, adoption, appeal, bankruptcy, receivership, judicial proceeding, litigation, naturalisation, naturalization, trial, review, hearing.

proceedings (noun)	intervention (noun)
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked	the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
a written account of what transpired at a meeting	(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 proceedings and intervention

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