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prevarication vs fibbing

fibbing vs prevarication

prevarication and fibbing both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prevarication Yes No No No
fibbing Yes No No No
As nouns, fibbing is a hyponym of prevarication; that is, fibbing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prevarication:
  • prevarication: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  • fibbing: a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
Other hyponyms of prevarication include paltering.
prevarication (noun) fibbing (noun)
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
intentionally vague or ambiguous
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Difference between prevarication and fibbing

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