manipulate vs tamper

tamper vs manipulate

manipulate is not a noun while tamper is a noun.

manipulate and tamper both are verbs.

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

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

manipulate: hold something in one's hands and move it
tamper: play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

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

manipulate (noun)	tamper (noun)
	a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

manipulate (verb)	tamper (verb)
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
hold something in one's hands and move it	intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
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 tamper

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