Cryptophane vs Cryptophone - What's the difference?
cryptophane | cryptophone |
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of large, cage-like compounds that can encapsulate smaller molecules
A telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 12, author=Peter Wayner, title=Psst! Follow Me and I’ll Show You the Exhibition, work=New York Times
, passage=The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions. }}
As nouns the difference between cryptophane and cryptophone
is that cryptophane is (organic chemistry) any of a class of large, cage-like compounds that can encapsulate smaller molecules while cryptophone is a telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.cryptophane
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