Delineate vs Equivocate - What's the difference?
delineate | equivocate |
To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
To depict, represent with pictures.
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
To outline or mark out.
To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
To render equivocal or ambiguous.
As verbs the difference between delineate and equivocate
is that delineate is to sketch out, draw or trace an outline while equivocate is to use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.delineate
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Verb
(delineat)Synonyms
* (to mark the limits or boundaries) (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)External links
* * ----equivocate
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(equivocat)- All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate . -.
- He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -.
