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Mangle vs Manipulate - What's the difference?

mangle | manipulate |

In lang=en terms the difference between mangle and manipulate

is that mangle is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc while manipulate is to influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something.

As verbs the difference between mangle and manipulate

is that mangle is to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc while manipulate is to move, arrange or operate something using the hands.

As a noun mangle

is a hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

mangle

English

(wikipedia mangle)

Verb

(mangl)
  • To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
  • * Milton
  • mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • when they are disposed to mangle a play or novel
  • (archaic) To wring laundry.
  • (computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
  • The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
  • Derived terms

    * put through the mangle

    Anagrams

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    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 ----