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cryptography vs decoding

decoding vs cryptography

cryptography and decoding both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cryptography Yes No No No
decoding Yes No No No
As nouns, decoding is a hyponym of cryptography; that is, decoding is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cryptography:
  • cryptography: act of writing in code or cipher
  • decoding: the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
Other hyponyms of cryptography include encoding, encryption, recoding, decipherment, decryption.
cryptography (noun) decoding (noun)
act of writing in code or cipher the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Difference between cryptography and decoding

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