equivocate vs mislead

equivocate and mislead both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of equivocate include misinform.

equivocate (verb)	mislead (verb)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information	give false or misleading information to
	lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions