Difference between Prevaricate and Tergiversate

What is the difference between Prevaricate and Tergiversate?

Prevaricate as a verb is to deviate, transgress; to go astray (from). while Tergiversate as a verb is to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.

Prevaricate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: 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. To behave in an evasive way such as to delay action; to procrastinate. To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution.

Tergiversate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.

We hope you now know whether to use Prevaricate or Tergiversate in your sentence.

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