Unequivocal vs Obligatory - What's the difference?
unequivocal | obligatory | Related terms |
Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
Without equal, matchless.
Imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.
* Richard Baxter
Requiring a matter or obligation.
As adjectives the difference between unequivocal and obligatory
is that unequivocal is unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable while obligatory is imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.unequivocal
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Alternative forms
* (rare)Adjective
(en adjective)- I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.
- the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge
Usage notes
Nouns often used with "unequivocal" include "evidence" and "statement".Synonyms
* definite * unambiguous * univocalDerived terms
* unequivocallyExternal links
* *obligatory
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an obligatory promise
- if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory .