equivocation vs deception

equivocation and deception both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of equivocation include deceit, misrepresentation.

equivocation (noun)	deception (noun)
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language	the act of deceiving
intentionally vague or ambiguous	an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth	a misleading falsehood