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Equivoque vs Equivocation - What's the difference?

equivoque | equivocation |

As nouns the difference between equivoque and equivocation

is that equivoque is equivocation (expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading) while equivocation is (logic) a logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.

As an adjective equivoque

is equivocal.

As a verb equivoque

is .

equivoque

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Equivocal.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A play on words, a pun.
  • Ambiguity or double meaning.
  • * 1942': the black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their '''equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex. — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 648)
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    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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