Encipherment vs. Encryption — What's the Difference?

To put (a message, for example) into cipher.

In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext.

The act or process of enciphering; encryption

The process or result of encrypting data.

Cryptography.

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

(cryptography) A ciphertext, a cryptogram, an encrypted value. Usually used with the preposition "of" followed by the value that is hidden in it.

The process of converting messages in ordinary language, or other information into a secret coded form that cannot be interpreted without knowing the secret method for interpretation, called the key.

The activity of converting from plain text into code