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Evasive vs Allusive - What's the difference?

evasive | allusive |

As adjectives the difference between evasive and allusive

is that evasive is tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself while allusive is containing or making use of indirect references or hints.

evasive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
  • Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive action .

    • Synonyms

    * elusive, slippery, shifty, cagey, elusory, sly, noncommital * unclear, vague, equivocal, ambiguous * tricky, deceitful, devious

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    allusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing or making use of indirect references or hints.
    • His speech was allusive .

    Derived terms

    * allusively * allusiveness

    Related terms

    * allude * allusion