Exert vs Intervent - What's the difference?
exert | intervent |
To put in vigorous action.
To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.
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As verbs the difference between exert and intervent
is that exert is to put in vigorous action while intervent is (obsolete) to thwart; to obstruct.exert
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(en verb)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona, passage=Di Matteo clearly saw Drogba's power as a potential threat to a Barcelona defence stripped of Gerard Pique - but he barely caught sight of goal in a first 45 minutes in which the Catalans exerted their technical superiority.}}
