different between cypher vs siphon

English

Noun

cypher (plural cyphers)

1. Alternative spelling of cipher

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of cipher

Usage notes

• 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.

Anagrams

• Chypre, chypre

English

Alternative forms

• syphon

Etymology

From Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sipho, from Ancient Greek ????? (síph?n, “pipe, tube”), of uncertain origin; possibly related to Latin tibia (“pipe, flute of bone”), reflecting a hypothetical late Proto-Indo-European *twi-, *twib?- (“hollow”) root, but the irregular forms suggest a non-Indo-European loan (i.e. substrate) source.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?f?n
• IPA^(key): /?sa?f?n/

Noun

siphon (plural siphons)

1. A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
2. A soda siphon.
3. (biology) A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

Derived terms

• siphonic

Translations

Verb

siphon (third-person singular simple present siphons, present participle siphoning, simple past and past participle siphoned)

1. (transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

   He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To steal or skim off money in small amounts; to embezzle.

Translations

See also

• seep
• sip

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Pinhos, Pishon

French

Etymology

From Latin s?ph? from Ancient Greek ????? (síph?n, “pipe, tube”), of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

siphon m (plural siphons)

1. siphon

Derived terms

• siphonner

Further reading

• “siphon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).