Ambiguity and Doubt

Ambiguity

Ambiguity noun - The quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning.

Doubt is a synonym for ambiguity in vagueness topic. In some cases you can use "Doubt" instead a noun "Ambiguity", when it comes to topics like uncertainty of meaning.

Nearby Words: ambiguous, ambiguously

Doubt

Doubt noun - A feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something.

Ambiguity is a synonym for doubt in conviction topic. You can use "Ambiguity" instead a noun "Doubt", if it concerns topics such as difficulty.

How words are described

similar similar ambiguity similar doubt
considerable considerable ambiguity considerable doubt
real real ambiguity real doubt
constant constant ambiguity constant doubt
Other adjectives: massive, big, extreme, great, little, bad, possible, slightest, further, occasional.

Both words in one sentence

  • Black and White Morality: All the coolness and emotional satisfaction of seeing good inevitably triumph over evil, none of the doubt, exhaustion and emotional ambiguity inherent in real life.
    Source: Rule of Fun
  • The NCIS episode "Reasonable Doubt" had the wife and mistress of a sailor both suspected of a murder, but they can't charge either of them because no matter which one they arrest, there's enough ambiguity in the evidence to establish reasonable doubt that it could have been the other one.
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