Guide and Operate

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Guide verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: thought the new superintendent would guide the school system well

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Operate is a synonym for guide in direct topic. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Guide".

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

Usage example: do not operate heavy machinery, including cars, after taking this medication

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Guide is a synonym for operate in direct topic. Sometimes you can use "Guide" instead a verb "Operate", if it concerns topics such as drive.

team	guide team	operate team
way	guide way	operate way
vehicle	guide vehicle	operate vehicle
missile	guide missile	operate missile
Other words: ship, spaceship, ships, robots.

Toriel will also teach you how to operate the mechanisms for some puzzles, guide you through a hazardous section of spikes, teach you how to win battles without needing to hurt anyone, and she'll even scare off an enemy that abmushes you.

Source: Noob Cave
Somewhat subverted with Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where upon activation of the Infinite Improbability Drive, causes him to lose an arm and overreact... because he wouldn't be able to operate his digital watch.

Source: Major Injury Underreaction
At first, even Black Mage seemed to minorly operate on this (well, more Video Game mechanics than anything else, really), and had him reading a game guide to Final Fantasy I (the game upon which the comic is based).

Source: RPG-Mechanics Verse

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