falsehood vs prevarication
prevarication vs falsehoodfalsehood and prevarication both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| falsehood | Yes | No | No | No |
| prevarication | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
prevarication is a hyponym of
falsehood; that is, prevarication is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
falsehood:
- falsehood: a false statement
- prevarication: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Other hyponyms of falsehood include
dodge, dodging, scheme, lie, fable, fabrication, fiction, deceit, deception, misrepresentation, contradiction, contradiction in terms.
| falsehood (noun) | prevarication (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth |
| a false statement | intentionally vague or ambiguous |
| a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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