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SECRET WRITING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of writing in code or cipher

Synonyms:

coding; cryptography; secret writing; steganography

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("secret writing" is a kind of...):

committal to writing; writing (the activity of putting something in written form)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secret writing"):

encoding; encryption (the activity of converting data or information into code)

recoding (converting from one code to another)

decipherment; decoding; decryption (the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A piece of writing in code or cipher

Synonyms:

cryptogram; cryptograph; secret writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("secret writing" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

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