manipulate vs play with

manipulate

verb
  • To move, arrange or operate something using the hands 

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

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

play with

verb
  • To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance. 

  • To trick. 

  • To sexually stimulate a person or a person's erogenous zone. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: play with. 

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