Obfuscate vs. Prevaricate

Obfuscateverb

To make dark; overshadow

Obfuscateverb

To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.

Obfuscateverb

(computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

Obfuscateadjective

(obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Obfuscateadjective

Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Obfuscateverb

To darken; to obscure; to becloud.

Obfuscateverb

To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.

Obfuscateverb

make obscure or unclear

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