different between exploiter vs manipulator

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t?(?)

Etymology 1

exploit +? -er

Noun

exploiter (plural exploiters)

1. One who exploits.

Translations

Etymology 2

Irregular adoption of French exploiter.

Verb

exploiter (third-person singular simple present exploiters, present participle exploitering, simple past and past participle exploitered)

1. to make use of.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 296:

     Not only must she receive unheard-of personal favours [...], but she must immediately write about them and exploiter them professionally.

French

Etymology

From modification of Old French esploiter, esploitier (based on Latin ex-), from earlier espleitier, inherited from Vulgar Latin *explicit?re, a frequentative form of Latin explic?re, explic?. Doublet of expliciter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.splwa.te/

Verb

exploiter

1. (transitive) to exploit

Conjugation

Related terms

• exploit
• exploité
• exploiteur

Further reading

• “exploiter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

manipulate +? -or.

Noun

manipulator (plural manipulators)

1. Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
2. A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
3. A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.

Translations