Wield
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To command, rule over; to possess or own. To control, to guide or manage. To handle with skill and ease, especially of a weapon or tool. To exercise (authority or influence) effectively.
Example sentence: Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
Exert
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to put in vigorous actionto make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material
Example sentence: The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform... But it is likely to exert an indirect and reciprocal influence on science itself.