Definitions
- Describing someone who avoids telling the truth or being straightforward. - Referring to someone who is evasive or ambiguous in their speech or actions. - Talking about someone who intentionally misleads or deceives others through their words or actions.
- Describing someone who creates false information or stories. - Referring to someone who invents or makes up things that are not true. - Talking about someone who intentionally deceives others by creating false information or stories.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words describe people who are dishonest.
- 2Both words involve deception or misleading others.
- 3Both words have negative connotations.
- 4Both words can be used to describe intentional or deliberate actions.
What is the difference?
- 1Type of deception: Prevarication involves avoiding the truth or being evasive, while fabrication involves creating false information or stories.
- 2Intent: Prevarication may be unintentional or accidental, while fabrication is always intentional.
- 3Degree of falsehood: Prevarication may involve partial truths or omissions, while fabrication involves completely false information.
- 4Scope: Prevarication can refer to small or large-scale deceptions, while fabrication usually involves larger-scale deceptions.
- 5Usage: Prevarication is more commonly used in legal or political contexts, while fabrication is more commonly used in journalism or creative writing.
Remember this!
Prevaricator and fabricator both describe people who are dishonest and deceive others. However, the difference between the two words is the type of deception involved. Prevarication involves avoiding the truth or being evasive, while fabrication involves creating false information or stories. Additionally, prevarication may be unintentional, while fabrication is always intentional.
