Equivocate vs. Prevaricate

Equivocateverb

(intransitive) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.

Equivocateverb

To render equivocal or ambiguous.

Equivocateverb

To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.

Equivocateverb

To render equivocal or ambiguous.

Equivocateverb

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Equivocateverb

use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

Prevaricateverb

To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

Prevaricateverb

(intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.

Prevaricateverb

To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

Prevaricateverb

To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Prevaricateverb

To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.

Prevaricateverb

To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

Prevaricateverb

To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Prevaricateverb

To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.

Prevaricateverb

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Prevaricateverb

speak or act in an evasive way