What's the difference between hedger and tergiversator?

Hedger

Definition:

• (n.) One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.

Example Sentences:

• (1) Following the first serum survey for swine vesicular disease [SVD] in Great Britain in 1974 (Watson and Hedger 1974), three further surveys have been carried out.
• (2) There was optimistic talk in some circles that Cameron would prove to be a hedger.
• (3) In 1911, the Tory party had split on Lords reform between the hedgers and ditchers.

Tergiversator

Definition:

• (n.) One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.

Example Sentences:

• (1) His writings writhed and ached with twists and turns and tergiversations, inept words, fanciful repetitions, far-fetched verbosity and long, Latin-based words."