cook vs manipulate

cook is a noun but manipulate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cook	Yes	No	Yes	No
manipulate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cook and manipulate are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of cook include fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, wangle.

cook (noun)	manipulate (noun)
someone who cooks food

cook (verb)	manipulate (verb)
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating	treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
transform by heating	hold something in one's hands and move it
prepare for eating by applying heat	maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
prepare a hot meal	manipulate in a fraudulent manner
tamper, with the purpose of deception	influence or control shrewdly or deviously
	tamper, with the purpose of deception