Operate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. To produce, as an effect; to cause. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.
Example sentence: Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious self; their inaccessibility is due to the architecture of the brain rather than because they have been subject to Freudian motivational forces like repression.
Control
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To exercise influence over, to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Influence or authority over.A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary variable is low or nonexistence.The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities, synonymous with safeguard and counter-measure.restraint or ability to contain one's emotions, or self-control.An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
Example sentence: Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.