Ambiguity vs Indeterminacy - What's the difference?
ambiguity | indeterminacy |
(countable) Something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
The condition of being indeterminate.
As nouns the difference between ambiguity and indeterminacy
is that ambiguity is (countable) something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context while indeterminacy is the condition of being indeterminate.ambiguity
English
(wikipedia ambiguity)Noun
- His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.