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Evident vs Evasive - What's the difference?

evident | evasive |

As adjectives the difference between evident and evasive

is that evident is obviously true by simple observation while evasive is tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

evident

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Obviously true by simple observation.
    • It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=26 citation , passage=Maccario, it was evident , did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.}}

    Derived terms

    * self-evident

    Related terms

    * evidence * evidential

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    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)