Intervention vs Meddling - What's the difference?
intervention | meddling |
The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
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(US, legal) A legal motion through which a person or entity who has not been named as a party to a case seeks to have the court order that they be made a party.
An orchestrated attempt to convince somebody with an addiction or other psychological problem to seek professional help and/or change their behavior.
That meddles.
Action of the verb meddle .
* 1835 , William Osburn, Doctrinal Errors of the Apostolical and Early Fathers (page 30)
As nouns the difference between intervention and meddling
is that intervention is the action of intervening; interfering in some course of events while meddling is action of the verb meddle.As an adjective meddling is
that meddles.As a verb meddling is
present participle of lang=en.intervention
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.}}
Derived terms
* divine intervention * interventionism * macrointervention * microinterventionmeddling
English
Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* annoyingDerived terms
* meddlinglyNoun
(en noun)- It had been well, if these dishonest meddlings with existing books had stopped here.