palter vs beat around the bush

palter and beat around the bush both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palter	No	No	Yes	No
beat around the bush	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, palter and beat around the bush are synonyms defined as:

palter and beat around the bush: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

Other synonyms of palter include equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversate.

palter (verb)	beat around the bush (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