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Manipulate vs Misleading - What's the difference?

manipulate | misleading |

As verbs the difference between manipulate and misleading

is that manipulate is to move, arrange or operate something using the hands while misleading is .

As an adjective misleading is

deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

As a noun misleading is

a deception that misleads.

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

    • Related terms

    * manipulandum (pos n) * manipulation (pos n)

    See also

    * pedipulate ----

    misleading

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.

    • Derived terms

    * unmisleading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deception that misleads.
  • * 2012 , Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said (page 70)
    • According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.

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