palter vs equivocate

palter and equivocate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, palter and equivocate are synonyms defined as:

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

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

palter (verb)	equivocate (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