Ambiguous vs. Straightforward

Ambiguousadjective

Open to multiple interpretations.

‘The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.’;

Straightforwardadjective

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating.

Ambiguousadjective

Vague and unclear.

‘He gave an ambiguous answer.’;

Straightforwardadjective

easy, simple, without difficulty

Ambiguousadjective

Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.

Straightforwardadjective

(figurative) direct; honest; frank

Ambiguousadjective

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?’;

Straightforwardadverb

In a straightforward manner.

Ambiguousadjective

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’;

Straightforwardadjective

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

Ambiguousadjective

having more than one possible meaning;

‘ambiguous words’; ‘frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy’;

Straightforwardadjective

free from ambiguity;

‘a straightforward set of instructions’;

Ambiguousadjective

having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns;

‘an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference’; ‘ambiguous inkblots’;

Straightforwardadjective

without evasion or compromise;

‘a square contradiction’; ‘he is not being as straightforward as it appears’;

Straightforwardadjective

without concealment or deception; honest;

‘their business was open and aboveboard’; ‘straightforward in all his business affairs’;

Straightforwardadjective

pointed directly ahead;

‘a straightforward gaze’;