different between cypher vs encryption

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cypher (plural cyphers)

cypher (third-person singular simple present cyphers, present participle cyphering, simple past and past participle cyphered)

Less common than cipher, but still used; see The Ultra Secret by Winterbotham, the cypherpunk movement, Strider weapon, and consider the Royal Navy's series of Cyphers (Nr 1, Nr 2, Nr 3, ...) before and into WWII.

encryption (usually uncountable, plural encryptions)

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

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