Decipher vs. Decode

Decipherverb

(transitive) To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.

Decipherverb

(transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.

Decipherverb

(transitive) To find a solution to a problem.

Deciphernoun

A decipherment; a decoding.

Decipherverb

To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

Decipherverb

To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.

Decipherverb

To stamp; to detect; to discover.

Decipherverb

convert code into ordinary language

Decipherverb

read with difficulty;

Decodeverb

To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

Decodeverb

To figure out something difficult to interpret.

Decodenoun

(cryptography) A product of decoding

Decodenoun

(computing) Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols

Decodeverb

to convert from a coded form into the original form; - of communications. Inverse of encode.

Decodeverb

convert code into ordinary language