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Ambiguous vs Aesopian - What's the difference?

ambiguous | aesopian |

ambiguous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Open to multiple interpretations.
  • The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
  • Vague and unclear.
  • He gave an ambiguous answer.
  • (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
  • * 1662 (Thomas Salusbury)
  • And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous , and Simplicius is resolute....

    Synonyms

    * equivocal

    Antonyms

    * unambiguous * precise

    See also

    * contradictory * mistakable * confusing

    References

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    aesopian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * Esopian

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop.
  • (comparable) Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables.
  • (comparable) Employing or having an ambiguous or allegorical meaning, especially a political meaning.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l)