equivocation vs deceit

equivocation and deceit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
equivocation	Yes	No	No	No
deceit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deceit is a hypernym of equivocation; that is, deceit is a word with a broader meaning than equivocation:

equivocation: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
deceit: a misleading falsehood

Other hypernyms of equivocation include deception, misrepresentation.

equivocation (noun)	deceit (noun)
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language	the act of deceiving
intentionally vague or ambiguous	the quality of being fraudulent
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth	a misleading falsehood