What is the semantic difference between encipher and encrypt? "Encipher" and "chiffrer" both come from the Arabic "sifr" which means "zero", while "encrypt" and "crypter" come from the Greek "kryptos" (hidden, secret) The use of " sifr " can apparently be traced back to Giovan Battista Bellaso, who published in 1553 cryptographic methods in Latin (as was normal at the time) but with Italian titles such
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Encrypt, cipher, and encode are pretty much synonymous (M-W Unabridged defines encrypt as "to encipher or encode") Ditto for decrypt , deciper , and decode (M-W again defines decrypt as "to decipher or decode")
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Opposite prefix to de - English Language Usage Stack Exchange decipher encipher; decode encode; decrypt encrypt; dethrone enthrone; Unfortunately, the two instances that Teresa put forward to show en-in direct opposition to de-weren't good examples; but her argument about en-does have some validity, as the five word pairs above demonstrate
What is the difference between ceremonial and ceremonious? Even having looked in the OED I am still slightly unclear as to which contexts require the adjective ceremonious and which ceremonial The OED treatment of ceremonious is as below with some of the
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Semantic difference between engine and motor [closed] I like the definitions provided by WordNet and their definition is the way I've understood the difference: A motor is a machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange As I think I've commented on this site already, it's perfectly sensible to speak of degrees of uniqueness: if Jim is the only one with red hair in the room, but his eyes are the same color as Joe's and Carol's, while Bob is the only one with curly hair and the only one with green eyes, then Bob's appearance is clearly more unique than Jim's