manipulate vs knead

knead vs manipulate

manipulate and knead both are verbs.

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

As verbs, knead is a hyponym of manipulate; that is, knead is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than manipulate:

manipulate: hold something in one's hands and move it
knead: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes

Other hyponyms of manipulate include lay hands on, mouse, fiddle with, twiddle, handle, manage, wield, control, operate, massage, rub down, work, mix, ruffle, shuffle, fiddle, monkey, tamper, diddle, fiddle, play, toy.

manipulate (verb)	knead (verb)
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed	to mix into a homogeneous mass
hold something in one's hands and move it	manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes
maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
manipulate in a fraudulent manner
influence or control shrewdly or deviously
tamper, with the purpose of deception

Difference between manipulate and knead

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