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Equivocation vs Shuffling - What's the difference?

equivocation | shuffling | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between equivocation and shuffling

is that equivocation is a logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression while shuffling is the act or motion of one who shuffles.

As a verb shuffling is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective shuffling is

moving with a dragging, scraping step.

equivocation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(wikipedia equivocation) (en noun)
  • (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
  • The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.

    • Related terms

    * amphiboly, evasion, evasiveness, prevarication

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    shuffling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or motion of one who shuffles.
  • The noise created by something moving about.
  • * 2011 , John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin
    • He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings , comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room
  • trickery
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings , and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A shuffling nag.
  • evasive
  • * T. Burnet
    • a shuffling excuse