ambiguity vs prevarication

ambiguity

noun
  • The state of being ambiguous. 

  • words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context. 

prevarication

noun
  • Evasion of the truth. 

  • A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office. 

  • A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. 

  • The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. 

How often have the words ambiguity and prevarication occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )