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Equivocation vs Uncertainty - What's the difference?

equivocation | uncertainty |

As nouns the difference between equivocation and uncertainty

is that equivocation is a logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression while uncertainty is doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

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

    References

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    uncertainty

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty , then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 9, author=Mandeep Sanghera, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Tottenham 1-2 Norwich , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
  • (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
  • (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

    • Antonyms

    * certainty

    External links

    * (wikipedia "uncertainty")