prevarication vs ambiguity
ambiguity vs prevaricationprevarication and ambiguity both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prevarication | Yes | No | No | No |
| ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
ambiguity is a hypernym of
prevarication; that is, ambiguity is a
word with a broader meaning than prevarication:
- prevarication: intentionally vague or ambiguous
- ambiguity: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Other hypernyms of prevarication include
equivocalness, untruthfulness.
| prevarication (noun) | ambiguity (noun) |
|---|---|
| the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
| intentionally vague or ambiguous | an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |
| a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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