Control vs. Manipulation — What's the Difference?

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events

The act or practice of manipulating.

A person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment

The state of being manipulated.

A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy

Shrewd or devious management, especially for one's own advantage.

A high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit

The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of

The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.

Take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment)

The usage of psychological influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.

To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct

The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art.

To adjust to a requirement; regulate

The use of the hands in mesmeric operations.

To hold in restraint; check

Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud.

To reduce or prevent the spread of

Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage;

To verify or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or by comparing with another standard.

The action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands

To verify (a financial account, for example) by using a duplicate register for comparison.

Authority or ability to manage or direct

One that controls; a controlling agent, device, or organization.

An instrument.

Controls A set of such instruments.

A restraining device, measure, or limit; a curb

A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of a scientific experiment.

An individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a scientific experiment, as a group of subjects given an inactive substance in an experiment testing a new drug administered to another group of subjects.

An intelligence agent who supervises or instructs another agent.

A spirit presumed to speak or act through a medium.

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.

To verify the accuracy of (something or someone, especially a financial account) by comparison with another account.

To call to account, to take to task, to challenge.

(transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.

Influence or authority over something.

The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.

A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.

(project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.

A control group or control experiment.

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.

(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box Ctrl.

(climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.

(linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.

A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.

A checkpoint along an audax route.

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.

Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.

The complete apparatus used to control a mechanism or machine in operation, as a flying machine in flight;

Any of the physical factors determining the climate of any particular place, as latitude,distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.

In research, an object or subject used in an experimental procedure, which is treated identically to the primary subject of the experiment, except for the omission of the specific treatment or conditions whose effect is being investigated. If the control is a group of living organisms, as is common in medical research, it is called the control group.

The part of an experimental procedure in which the controls{6} are subjected to the experimental conditions.

The group of technical specialists exercising control by remote communications over a distant operation, such as a space flight; as, the American Mission Control for manned flights is located in Houston.

To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.

To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

To assure the validity of an experimental procedure by using a control{7}.

Power to direct or determine;

A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another;

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc;

A standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment;

The activity of managing or exerting control over something;

The state that exists when one person or group has power over another;

Discipline in personal and social activities;

Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity;

The economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.;

A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine;

A spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

Exercise authoritative control or power over;

Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;

Handle and cause to function;

Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage;

Verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments;

Verify by using a duplicate register for comparison;

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;

Have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of;