circumlocution vs equivocation

circumlocution and equivocation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumlocution	Yes	No	No	No
equivocation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, equivocation is a hypernym of circumlocution; that is, equivocation is a word with a broader meaning than circumlocution:

circumlocution: an indirect way of expressing something
equivocation: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Other hypernyms of circumlocution include evasion.

circumlocution (noun)	equivocation (noun)
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things	falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
an indirect way of expressing something	intentionally vague or ambiguous
	a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth