equivocate vs beat around the bush

equivocate and beat around the bush both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of equivocate include palter, prevaricate, tergiversate.

equivocate (verb)	beat around the bush (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