Controlling vs. Manipulative — What's the Difference?

To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct

Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate.

To adjust to a requirement; regulate

Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in mathematics.

To hold in restraint; check

Using manipulation purposefully.

To reduce or prevent the spread of

Tending to manipulate.

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

(pejorative) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.

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

(mathematics) A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.

Authority or ability to manage or direct

Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation.

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

Prone to attempt to influence others by devious or subtle psychological means, in order to induce them to do what one wants.

An instrument.

Any object given to children to encourage them to learn by manipulating physical objects; applied especially to solid objects of varying geometrical shape that can be fit together to form larger aggregates.

Controls A set of such instruments.

Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage;

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.

Exerting control over a person or thing.

Present participle of control

The act of exerting control.

Able to control or determine policy;