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prevarication vs falsification

falsification vs prevarication

prevarication and falsification both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prevarication Yes No No No
falsification Yes No No No
As nouns, falsification is a hypernym of prevarication; that is, falsification is a word with a broader meaning than prevarication:
  • prevarication: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  • falsification: a willful perversion of facts
Other hypernyms of prevarication include misrepresentation.
prevarication (noun) falsification (noun)
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
intentionally vague or ambiguous the act of determining that something is false
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth a willful perversion of facts
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Difference between prevarication and falsification

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