An author may produce an ambiguous piece of writing where the meaning is unclear either unintentionally or with the purpose of conveying two meanings at once.
A reader may respond ambivalently by holding two different views or reactions in mind simultaneously - we might react in this way to Shylock.
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Monday, 8 October 2012
AMBIVALENT and AMBIGUOUS
Ambiguous is used of a speaker or writer who does not make his or her meaning clear, possibly deliberately to give two meanings.: His sentence was ambiguous and nobody knew which way to take it.
Ambivalent is used of a person having contradictory feelings: I was ambivalent about the matter, partly supporting him and partly rejecting his message.
Ambivalent is used of a person having contradictory feelings: I was ambivalent about the matter, partly supporting him and partly rejecting his message.
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