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Deciphering vs Decoding - What's the difference?

deciphering | decoding |

As verbs the difference between deciphering and decoding

is that deciphering is present participle of lang=en while decoding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between deciphering and decoding

is that deciphering is decipherment while decoding is an instance of the translation of something into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

deciphering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • decipherment
  • * 1862 , Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers Relating ...
    • The only request I have to make with regard to such persons as desire to judge for themselves is, not to test the accuracy of my decipherings by the English translations.

    decoding

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of the translation of something into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

    • Verb

    (head)