Manipulate vs Leverage - What's the difference?
manipulate | leverage |
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
A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
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(business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.
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, year=2011
, date=April 15
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest
, work=BBC Sport
(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).
As verbs the difference between manipulate and leverage
is that manipulate is to move, arrange or operate something using the hands while leverage is (transitive|chiefly|us|slang|business) to use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).As a noun leverage is
a force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.manipulate
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(manipulat)See also
* pedipulate ----leverage
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(en-noun)- A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
- Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
- Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
- Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage .
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