equivocate vs misinform

equivocate and misinform both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
equivocate	No	No	Yes	No
misinform	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, misinform is a hypernym of equivocate; that is, misinform is a word with a broader meaning than equivocate:

equivocate: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
misinform: give false or misleading information to

Other hypernyms of equivocate include mislead.

equivocate (verb)	misinform (verb)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information	give false or misleading information to