Dissemble vs Equivocate - What's the difference?
dissemble | equivocate | Synonyms |
To disguise or conceal something.
* Shakespeare
* J. P. Kemble
To feign.
* 1681 , John Dryden,
* Tatler
To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.
* XVII century, John Dryden, Cymon And Iphigenia''; from ''Boccace
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.
Dissemble is a synonym of equivocate.
In lang=en terms the difference between dissemble and equivocate
is that dissemble is to falsely hide one's opinions or feelings 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.As verbs the difference between dissemble and equivocate
is that dissemble is to disguise or conceal something 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.dissemble
English
Verb
(dissembl)- Dissemble all your griefs and discontents.
- Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love.
- And like a lion, slumb'ring in the way,
- Or sleep-dissembling , while he waits his prey.
- He soon dissembled a sleep.
- While to his arms the blushing bride he took,
- To seeming sadness she composed her look;
- As if by force subjected to his will,
- Though pleased, dissembling , and a woman still.
equivocate
English
(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. -.
