Manipulate vs Pilot - What's the difference?
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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 person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
An instrument for detecting the compass error.
(AU, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
(AU, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
* 1834 , , A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett , E. L. Cary and A. Hart,
Something serving as a test or trial.
A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
A sample episode of a proposed TV series
(rail transport) A cowcatcher.
A pilot light.
One who flies a kite.
* 2003 , John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage , page 31:
Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run'', ''pilot plant )
Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light)
A vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination. (pilot vehicle )
Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp")
To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
Manipulate is a related term of pilot.
As a verb manipulate
is to move, arrange or operate something using the hands.As a noun pilot is
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(manipulat)See also
* pedipulate ----pilot
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(wikipedia pilot)Noun
(en noun)- (Dryden)
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- So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots .
- We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program city-wide.
- The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
- Julia has become quite a good kite pilot . She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.