different between manipulation vs dealing

English

Etymology

From French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus.Morphologically manipulate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m??n?p.ju?le?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

manipulation (countable and uncountable, plural manipulations)

1. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

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

   After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.

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

   The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation.

   Through subtle manipulations he orchestrated the downfall of his rival.

Translations

See also

• pedipulation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.py.la.sj??/

Noun

manipulation f (plural manipulations)

1. manipulation

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English delynge, from Old English d?lung; equivalent to deal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: deal?ing

Noun

dealing (plural dealings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene iii^[1]:

     Shylock:

     O father Abram, what these Christians are,

     Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect

     The thoughts of others! […]

Derived terms

• double-dealing
• fair dealing
• inside dealing
• slavedealing
• wheeling and dealing

Verb

dealing

1. present participle of deal

Anagrams

• Negidal, adeling, aligned, dealign, diangle, lagenid, leading, leidang