manage vs manipulate

manage

verb
  • To handle or control (a situation, job). 

  • To direct or be in charge of. 

  • To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help. 

  • To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc. 

  • To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty. 

  • To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action. 

  • To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.). 

noun
  • Manège. 

manipulate

verb
  • To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something 

  • 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 

  • To move, arrange or operate something using the hands 

  • To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose 

How often have the words manage and manipulate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )