What if one thing is an alternative to another?

If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second. An alternative plan or offer is different from the one that you already have, and can be done or used instead. There were alternative methods of travel available. They had a right to seek alternative employment.

What is the only alternative to intervention?

The only alternative to intervention. choice, option, alternative, preference, selection, election mean the act or opportunity of choosing or the thing chosen. choice suggests the opportunity or privilege of choosing freely. option implies a power to choose that is specifically granted or guaranteed.

What is a choice between two options?

a choice among only two possibilities such that if one is chosen, the other cannot be chosen: Here are the alternatives: surrender or die. one of these choices: The alternative to riding is walking. allowing for a choice between two or more things: an alternative plan.

What is an alternative option?

affording a choice of two or more things, propositions, or courses of action. (of two things, propositions, or courses) mutually exclusive so that if one is chosen the other must be rejected: The alternative possibilities are neutrality and war. existing outside the establishment: an alternative newspaper; alternative lifestyles.