The difference between Cipher and Number

When used as nouns, cipher means a numeric character, whereas number means an abstract entity used to describe quantity.

When used as verbs, cipher means to calculate, whereas number means to label (items) with numbers.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cipher and Number

  1. Cipher as a noun:

    A numeric character.

  2. Cipher as a noun:

    Any text character.

  3. Cipher as a noun:

    A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.

    Examples:

    "a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc."

  4. Cipher as a noun:

    A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

    Examples:

    "The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out."

  5. Cipher as a noun (cryptography):

    A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.

  6. Cipher as a noun:

    Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.

    Examples:

    "The message is clearly a cipher, but I can't figure it out."

  7. Cipher as a noun:

    A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:

    Examples:

    "The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a number having five ciphers of zeros."

  8. Cipher as a noun (music):

    A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.

  9. Cipher as a noun:

    A hip-hop jam session.

  10. Cipher as a noun:

    The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.

  11. Cipher as a noun:

    Someone or something of no importance.

  12. Cipher as a noun (dated):

    Zero.

  1. Cipher as a verb (intransitive, regional, dated):

    To calculate.

    Examples:

    "I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."

  2. Cipher as a verb (intransitive):

    To write in code or cipher.

  3. Cipher as a verb (intransitive, music):

    Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.

  4. Cipher as a verb (obsolete):

    To decipher.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Number as a noun (countable):

    An abstract entity used to describe quantity.

    Examples:

    "Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."

  2. Number as a noun (countable):

    A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.

    Examples:

    "The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke."

  3. Number as a noun (countable, mathematics):

    A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.

    Examples:

    "The equation <math>e^{i\pi}+1=0</math> includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, <math>\pi</math>, <math>i</math>, and <math>e</math>."

  4. Number as a noun (Followed by a [[numeral]]; used [[attributive]]ly):

    Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or &#x2116;). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

    Examples:

    "Horse number 5 won the race."

  5. Number as a noun:

    Quantity.

    Examples:

    "Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time."

  6. Number as a noun:

    A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

    Examples:

    "Her passport number is C01X864TN."

  7. Number as a noun (countable, informal):

    A telephone number.

  8. Number as a noun (grammar):

    Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

    Examples:

    "Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case."

  9. Number as a noun (now, rare, in the plural):

    Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.

  10. Number as a noun (countable):

    A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

    Examples:

    "For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright"."

  11. Number as a noun (countable, informal):

    A person.

  12. Number as a noun (countable, informal):

    An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.

  13. Number as a noun (slang, chiefly, US):

    A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.

  14. Number as a noun (dated):

    An issue of a periodical publication.

    Examples:

    "the latest number of a magazine"

  1. Number as a verb (transitive):

    To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

    Examples:

    "Number the baskets so that we can find them easily."

  2. Number as a verb (intransitive):

    To total or count; to amount to.

    Examples:

    "I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands."

  1. Number as an adjective:

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