Difference between Cipher and Cypher

What is the difference between Cipher and Cypher?

Cipher as a verb is (regional and/or dated) to calculate. while Cypher as a verb is to calculate.

Cipher

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (regional and/or dated) To calculate.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A numeric character. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning. A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods: A design of interlacing initials: a decorative design consisting of a set of interlaced initials. A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed. A hip-hop jam session [http://www.rapdict.org/Cipher] The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking. Someone or something of no importance. Zero.

Cypher

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To calculate.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A numeric character.

We hope you now know whether to use Cipher or Cypher in your sentence.

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