prevaricate vs equivocate

prevaricate and equivocate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, prevaricate and equivocate are synonyms defined as:

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

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

prevaricate (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