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Decipherment vs Decryption - What's the difference?

decipherment | decryption |

As nouns the difference between decipherment and decryption

is that decipherment is the analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost while decryption is the process reversing an encryption, ie the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

decipherment

English

(wikipedia decipherment)

Noun

  • The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
  • Decryption.

    • decryption

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

    • Synonyms

    * codebreaking

    Antonyms

    * encryption

    Related terms

    * decrypt

    See also

    * to decipher