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Intervene & Interfere
Well, you can, of course, look up the definitions for intervene and interfere, but if you need more than that...
When someone intervenes, they are generally coming in between two parties who are in conflict in some manner. By intervening, they help attempt to resolve the conflict between the two parties. So, for instance, you could have two people arguing, and someone else intervenes to try and stop the argument. They are helping, and it has a positive connotation.
On the other hand, when someone interferes, they're just getting in the way. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with two parties in conflict or even more than one party at all. Someone who interferes is getting in the way of someone else doing something. So, if I'm trying to get my work done, and you interfere, you're stopping me (or at least impeding me) from getting my work done. There's nothing positive about it. It's entirely negative.
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