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Manipulation vs Tampering - What's the difference?

manipulation | tampering |

As nouns the difference between manipulation and tampering

is that manipulation is manipulation while tampering is the act of one who tampers.

As a verb tampering is

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manipulation

English

(wikipedia manipulation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
    • The dealer's manipulations could have removed cards from the deck.
  • The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
    • After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.
  • The management of some situation, especially for one’s own advantage.
    • He found that the new manager was known for his Machiavellian manipulations in his last two positions.
  • The usage of psychological influence over a person or situation to gain an outcome.
    • The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation .

    See also

    * pedipulation ----

    tampering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who tampers.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers