Modify vs Intervene - What's the difference?
modify | intervene |
To make partial changes to.
To be or become modified.
(ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
* De Quincey
To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened (i.e. between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
(legal) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
In lang=en terms the difference between modify and intervene
is that modify is to be or become modified while intervene is to interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action.As verbs the difference between modify and intervene
is that modify is to make partial changes to while intervene is (ambitransitive) to come between, or to be between, persons or things.modify
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(en-verb)Synonyms
* adapt, alter, amend, revamp, reworkReferences
* *intervene
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- The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
- self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates
- (Abbott)
