Manipulate vs Transform - What's the difference?
manipulate | transform |
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
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
* Shakespeare
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
In lang=en terms the difference between manipulate and transform
is that manipulate is to influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something while transform is to undergo a transformation.As verbs the difference between manipulate and transform
is that manipulate is to move, arrange or operate something using the hands while transform is to change greatly the appearance or form of.As a noun transform is
(mathematics) the result of a transformation.manipulate
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(manipulat)See also
* pedipulate ----transform
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(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
