Prevaricate vs Procrastinate - What's the difference?
prevaricate | procrastinate |
(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.
To put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.
To put off; to delay (something).
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In intransitive terms the difference between prevaricate and procrastinate
is that prevaricate is to shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous while procrastinate is to put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.As verbs the difference between prevaricate and procrastinate
is that prevaricate is to deviate, transgress; to go astray (from) while procrastinate is to put off; to delay taking action; to wait until later.prevaricate
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(prevaricat)- The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
Derived terms
* prevarication * prevaricatorSee also
* lie ----procrastinate
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Verb
(procrastinat)- He procrastinated until the last minute and had to stay up all night to finish.