equivocate vs prevaricate

equivocate and prevaricate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, equivocate and prevaricate are synonyms defined as:

equivocate and prevaricate: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Other synonyms of equivocate include beat around the bush, palter, tergiversate.

equivocate (verb)	prevaricate (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