beat around the bush vs palter

beat around the bush and palter both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

beat around the bush (verb)	palter (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