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encryption vs cryptography

cryptography vs encryption

encryption and cryptography both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
encryption Yes No No No
cryptography Yes No No No
As nouns, cryptography is a hypernym of encryption; that is, cryptography is a word with a broader meaning than encryption:
  • encryption: the activity of converting data or information into code
  • cryptography: act of writing in code or cipher
Other hypernyms of encryption include coding, secret writing, steganography.
encryption (noun) cryptography (noun)
the activity of converting data or information into code act of writing in code or cipher
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Difference between encryption and cryptography

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