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Ambiguity vs. Vagueness

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Ambiguous terms have several crisp meanings; vague terms have one fuzzy meaning.

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"Light" (weight? illumination?) is ambiguous. "Rich" is vague — where's the line?

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A term can be both at once. "Fast" — speedy, or abstaining from food? And how speedy counts?