Difference between Manipulate and Misrepresent

MANIPULATE vs MISREPRESENT: VERB

Fake or falsify
Control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
Hold something in one's hands and move it
Influence or control shrewdly or deviously
Manipulate in a fraudulent manner
To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose
Tamper, with the purpose of deception
Treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle.
To tamper with or falsify for personal gain.
To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously.
To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or another body part or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: : handle.
To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes.
To control the action of, by management; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently.

To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.
To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfavorably); to give a false or erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignorantly, or carelessly.

To handle, or act on with the hands, as in artistic or mechanical operations; hence, in general, to subject to certain mechanical operations or to some method of handling, arranging, combining, etc.: as, the chemist exercises great care in manipulating his materials and apparatus.
Figuratively, to operate upon by contrivance or influence; affect in a particular way by a definite course of treatment; manage; specifically, to manage insidiously; adapt or apply to one's own purpose or advantage; treat or use falsely or deceptively: as, to manipulate accounts or the facts of history (with the purpose of falsifying them).
To use the hands, as in mechanical or artistic operations, scientific experiments, mesmerism, etc.: as, to manipulate neatly or successfully.

To convey a false impression.
To fail to represent correctly or in good faith as agent or official representative; act contrary to the wishes or interests of, as of one's principal or constituents, in the transaction of business, legislation, etc.
To represent erroneously or falsely; give a false or incorrect account or representation of, whether intentionally or not.

Tamper, Influence, Sway, Modify, Fool, Deceive, Treat manually, Cook, Rig, Fudge, Fake, Control, Misrepresent, Wangle, Falsify

Deceive, Misstate, Mislead, Denature, Deform, Skew, Confuse, Distort, Cook, Wangle, Fudge, Fake, Belie, Manipulate, Falsify

Divert, Use, Maneuver, Tamper, Sway, Modify, Fool, Deceive, Cook, Rig, Fudge, Fake, Control, Misrepresent, Falsify

Misinform, Deceive, Misstate, Mislead, Denature, Deform, Skew, Confuse, Distort, Cook, Fudge, Fake, Belie, Manipulate, Falsify

Manipulate those elements that help you can use.
Never manipulate infectious material on an open bench.
Functions are added to manipulate maps and arrays.
Is it ethical to manipulate children for profit?
Just what you need to manipulate PDF files!
Design view this view, you can manipulate the design of a report in the same way that you manipulate a form.
Clients can close the windows of other clients, manipulate the font lists, and manipulate the host access lists.
They have said the Cunninghams have tried to manipulate the record and manipulate the diagnoses.
Instead of cooperating, he made every attempt to manipulate the investigation to mislead investigators, and manipulate the trial to thwart justice.
Manipulate prices contained within it can be disclosed to manipulate prices.

NOT, however, think they are entitled to misrepresent data.
Licensees must not misrepresent their training or competencies.
Knowingly and intentionally distort or misrepresent evaluations ofstudents.
Finder to misrepresent file and group ownership information.
RSV, NRSV, and many scholars misrepresent the practice.
Do not lie or misrepresent facts to police.
It is clearly unethical to misrepresent the Holocaust.
Employees should not deliberately misrepresent information to customers.
Would firms find it worthwhile to misrepresent themselves?
Likewise, a party might misrepresent the type or quality of goods shipped or services provided in such a way as to misrepresent their value.