Contrived vs Prevaricate - What's the difference?
contrived | prevaricate |
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous.
(legal) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.
(legal, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
As verbs the difference between contrived and prevaricate
is that contrived is (contrive) while prevaricate is (transitive|intransitive|obsolete) to deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).As an adjective contrived
is unnatural, forced.prevaricate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(prevaricat)- The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.