beat around the bush vs equivocate

beat around the bush and equivocate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beat around the bush	No	No	Yes	No
equivocate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, beat around the bush and equivocate are synonyms defined as:

beat around the bush and equivocate: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Other synonyms of beat around the bush include palter, prevaricate, tergiversate.

beat around the bush (verb)	equivocate (verb)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information