Subterfuge vs Equivocation - What's the difference?
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(countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.
* 2010 , (Clare Vanderpool), (Moon Over Manifest)
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
, magazine=(American Scientist)
(uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.
(logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
Subterfuge is a related term of equivocation.
As nouns the difference between subterfuge and equivocation
is that subterfuge is (countable) an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind refers especially to war and politics while equivocation is (logic) a logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.subterfuge
English
(wikipedia subterfuge)Noun
- Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident.
- How’s the spy hunt going? Uncovered any subterfuge ?
citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge —a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}