different between manipulate vs marionette

English

Etymology

Back-formation from manipulation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??n?pj?le?t/

Verb

manipulate (third-person singular simple present manipulates, present participle manipulating, simple past and past participle manipulated)

1. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
2. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
3. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
4. (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that is unknown to the one being manipulated and beneficial to the manipulator; to use
5. (intransitive, dated) To use the hands, especially in scientific experiments.

Derived terms

• manipulable (adjective)
• manipulatable (adjective)

Related terms

• manipulandum (noun)
• manipulation (noun)

Translations

See also

• pedipulate

Esperanto

Adverb

manipulate

1. present adverbial passive participle of manipuli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French marionnette. One of the first figures to be made into a marionette was the Virgin Mary, hence the name.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
   • 1885 — Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado

     If you think we are worked by strings,

     Like a Japanese marionette,

     You don't understand these things:

     It is simply Court etiquette.

2. (obsolete) The buffel duck.

Derived terms

• marionettist

Translations

Verb

marionette (third-person singular simple present marionettes, present participle marionetting, simple past and past participle marionetted)

1. (transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

See also

• marionette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marionettes in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• manipulator

Anagrams

• metanorite, ortetamine, temeration

Interlingua

Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. marionette

Italian

Noun

marionette f

1. plural of marionetta

Anagrams

• intemerato, riemettano

Portuguese

Noun

marionette f (plural marionettes)

1. Superseded spelling of marionete.