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Controller vs Manipulator - What's the difference?

controller | manipulator |

As nouns the difference between controller and manipulator

is that controller is one who controls something while manipulator is manipulator (person trying to control another one through deception or guilt induction).

controller

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who controls something.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
  • The great controller of our fate / Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate.
  • (business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
  • (computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
  • (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
  • Synonyms

    * administrator * foreman * chief, head, head man * comptroller * overseer * organizer * superintendent * supervisor

    Derived terms

    * memory controller * microcontroller

    manipulator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
  • A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
  • A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.