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Bamboozle vs Manipulate - What's the difference?

bamboozle | manipulate |

As verbs the difference between bamboozle and manipulate

is that bamboozle is (informal) to con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone while manipulate is to move, arrange or operate something using the hands.

bamboozle

English

Verb

(bamboozl)
  • (informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
  • * 1851 ,
  • *:“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
  • manipulate

    English

    Verb

    (manipulat)
  • To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
  • To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
  • (medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
  • See also

    * pedipulate ----