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Anagram vs Cryptogram - What's the difference?

anagram | cryptogram |

As nouns the difference between anagram and cryptogram

is that anagram is a word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase while cryptogram is a type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.

As a verb anagram

is to form anagrams.

anagram

English

(wikipedia anagram)

Alternative forms

* anagramme (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
    • The word "silent" is an anagram of "listen".

    Derived terms

    * anagrammatic * anagrammatise * anagrammatism * anagrammatist

    See also

    * alphagram * palindrome

    Verb

  • To form anagrams.
    • ----

    cryptogram

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cryptogramme (very rare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.