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circumvention vs dodging

dodging vs circumvention

circumvention and dodging both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
circumvention Yes No No No
dodging Yes No No No
As nouns, dodging is a hypernym of circumvention; that is, dodging is a word with a broader meaning than circumvention:
  • circumvention: the act of evading by going around
  • dodging: nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
Other hypernyms of circumvention include escape, evasion.
circumvention (noun) dodging (noun)
the act of evading by going around nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Difference between circumvention and dodging

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