Ambiguous vs. Prevaricate
Difference Between Ambiguous and Prevaricate
Ambiguous➦
Open to more than one interpretation
an ambiguous reply.
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Prevaricate➦
speak or act in an evasive way
he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions
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Ambiguous➦
Doubtful or uncertain
"The theatrical status of her frequently derided but constantly revived plays remained ambiguous" (Frank Rich).
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Prevaricate➦
To speak or write evasively.
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Ambiguous➦
Open to multiple interpretations.
The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
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Prevaricate➦
To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
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Ambiguous➦
Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
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Prevaricate➦
(intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
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Ambiguous➦
Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
What have been thy answers? What but dark,Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding?
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Prevaricate➦
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
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Ambiguous➦
open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;
an equivocal statement
the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
popularity is an equivocal crown
an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
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Prevaricate➦
To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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Ambiguous➦
having more than one possible meaning;
ambiguous words
frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
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Prevaricate➦
To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement.
He prevaricates with his own understanding.
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Ambiguous➦
having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns;
an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference
ambiguous inkblots
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Prevaricate➦
To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
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Prevaricate➦
To undertake a thing falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
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Prevaricate➦
To evade by a quibble; to transgress; to pervert.
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Prevaricate➦
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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