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Moved vs Maneuvered - What's the difference?

moved | maneuvered |

As verbs the difference between moved and maneuvered

is that moved is (move) while maneuvered is (maneuver).

As an adjective moved

is emotionally affected; touched.

moved

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Emotionally affected; touched.
    • What happened to that girl in the film was so awful - I was extremely moved .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (move)
    • ----

    maneuvered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (maneuver)

    • maneuver

    English

    Alternative forms

    * manoeuvre (Commonwealth) * maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard) *

    Noun

  • (en noun) (American spelling)
  • A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
    • Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver .
  • (often, in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
    • The army was on maneuvers .
    Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.
  • An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.

    • Verb

    (en-verb) (American spelling)
  • To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
  • (figurative) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
  • (figurative) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
  • :: ''The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts