ambiguity vs evasiveness
evasiveness vs ambiguityambiguity and evasiveness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
| evasiveness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
evasiveness is a hyponym of
ambiguity; that is, evasiveness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
ambiguity:
- ambiguity: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
- evasiveness: intentionally vague or ambiguous
Other hyponyms of ambiguity include
equivocation, prevarication, lexical ambiguity, polysemy, no man's land, twilight zone.
| ambiguity (noun) | evasiveness (noun) |
|---|---|
| unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | intentionally vague or ambiguous |
| an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |
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