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Crypt vs Decrypt - What's the difference?

crypt | decrypt |

As nouns the difference between crypt and decrypt

is that crypt is an underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place while decrypt is a decoded communication.

As a verb decrypt is

to convert an encrypted or coded text or message into plain text.

crypt

English

(wikipedia crypt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
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  • (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the body

    • See also

    * encrypt (slang)

    decrypt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To convert an encrypted or coded text or message into plain text.

    • Antonyms

    * encrypt

    Related terms

    * decipher

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A decoded communication.
  • * 1979 , Francis Harry Hinsley, British Intelligence in the Second World War (page 182)
    • The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942.