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Kane159 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Intervene/interfere
Hi,
what's the difference between these two, please? My vocabulary lists them as "being involved in a situation in order to influence it".
So, if I want to cut somebody short, can I use both?
He tried to explain his mistake but she just intervened/interfered in what he was saying.
or, when trying to get something under control
Police had to intervene/interfere in order to disperse the crowds.
Thank you in advance!
what's the difference between these two, please? My vocabulary lists them as "being involved in a situation in order to influence it".
So, if I want to cut somebody short, can I use both?
He tried to explain his mistake but she just intervened/interfered in what he was saying.
or, when trying to get something under control
Police had to intervene/interfere in order to disperse the crowds.
Thank you in advance!
Top answer
You intervene to do something positive, to help, to impose order on a chaotic situation, for example. If you interfere, you are influencing the situation negatively, preventing something (good, usually) from happening. In your examples, I would use interfere in the first, intervene in the second.
- You intervene to do something positive, to help, to impose order on a chaotic situation, for example.
- If you interfere, you are influencing the situation negatively, preventing something (good, usually) from happening.
- In your examples, I would use interfere in the first, intervene in the second.
- ) CJ
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You intervene to do something positive, to help, to impose order on a chaotic situation, for example.
If you interfere, you are influencing the situation negatively, preventing something (good, usually) from happening.
In your examples, I would use interfere in the first, intervene in the second.
(In that first one, you need interfere with, b
If you interfere, you are influencing the situation negatively, preventing something (good, usually) from happening.
In your examples, I would use interfere in the first, intervene in the second.
(In that first one, you need interfere with, b
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Hi,
Here's the very broad idea.
intervene - 'come in between two people/things', to alter the results.
eg Tom would have lost the fight with Fred, if the police had not intervened.
Here's the very broad idea.
intervene - 'come in between two people/things', to alter the results.
eg Tom would have lost the fight with Fred, if the police had not intervened.
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