prevaricate vs tergiversate

prevaricate and tergiversate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, prevaricate and tergiversate are synonyms defined as:

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

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

prevaricate (verb)	tergiversate (verb)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information	abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information