quiddity vs evasion

evasion vs quiddity

quiddity and evasion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
quiddity	Yes	No	No	No
evasion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, evasion is a hypernym of quiddity; that is, evasion is a word with a broader meaning than quiddity:

quiddity: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
evasion: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Other hypernyms of quiddity include equivocation.

quiddity (noun)	evasion (noun)
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other	the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections	nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
	the deliberate act of failing to pay money
	a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Difference between quiddity and evasion

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