Manipulation vs Covert - What's the difference?
manipulation | covert |
The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
The management of some situation, especially for one’s own advantage.
The usage of psychological influence over a person or situation to gain an outcome.
Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.5:
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
(figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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As nouns the difference between manipulation and covert
is that manipulation is manipulation while covert is area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.As an adjective covert is
hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.manipulation
English
(wikipedia manipulation)Noun
(en noun)- The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.
- After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.
- He found that the new manager was known for his Machiavellian manipulations in his last two positions.
- The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation .
See also
* pedipulation ----covert
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne
- to plant a covert alley
- how covert matters may be best disclosed
- whether of open war or covert guile
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