Prevaricate vs Procrastination - What's the difference?
prevaricate | procrastination |
(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.
The act of postponing]], delaying or [[put off, putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
* 1742 , I, 1,
As a verb prevaricate
is (transitive|intransitive|obsolete) to deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).As a noun procrastination is
the act of postponing]], delaying or [[put off|putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.prevaricate
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
(prevaricat)- The people saw the politician prevaricate every day.
Derived terms
* prevarication * prevaricatorSee also
* lie ----procrastination
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(wikipedia procrastination)Noun
(en-noun)393
- Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.