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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))