Ambiguous Vs Ambivalent: Meanings with Examples

Ambiguous

Ambiguous, the word is used as an adjective.

Ambiguous, শব্দটি adjective হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়।

Meaning as an adjective:

Expressing or having unclear or more than one meaning.

অস্পষ্ট বা একের বেশী অর্থ প্রকাশ করে এমন।

Example:

• Your reply to my question was really ambiguous.
• Don’t speak in such an ambiguous way.
• Please avoid ambiguous words while writing a report.
• The man was speaking in an ambiguous way.
• The words he used in his writing was really ambiguous.
• The legal document was written in such an ambiguous language that I was really bored while reading it.
• The writer uses such ambiguous words that I really don’t enjoy reading his novels.
• Don’t give such an ambiguous opinion about the issue.
• His opinion about this project was really ambiguous.
• The title of your article is really ambiguous.
• Don’t use such ambiguous words otherwise, readers will be reluctant to read your books.
• The attitude of the Chairperson was quite ambiguous about this issue.

Ambivalent

Ambivalent, this word is also an adjective.

Ambivalent, শব্দটিও একটি adjective।

Meaning as an adjective:

Having contradictory or mixed feeling about someone or something.

কারও বা কোনকিছু সম্পর্কে পরস্পর বিরোধী বা মিশ্র প্রতিক্রিয়া থাকা।

Example:

• You have an ambivalent idea about that person.
• The teacher’s comment about the student was ambivalent.
• We have to come to a conclusion about the matter, so please don’t give such ambivalent opinions.
• The movie contains an ambivalent message which the audience could not digest.
• The counselor had an ambivalent opinion about the child.
• Yesterday you were saying that he is really useless, and now saying that he is really genius, don’t be ambivalent.
• All the members of the committee were speaking in an ambivalent manner.
• She has an ambivalent feeling about that person.
• How can we reach a certain decision if you speak in such an ambivalent manner?