Cipher and Type

Cipher

Cipher noun - The numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it.

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Type and cipher are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Type" instead a noun "Cipher".

Nearby Words: ciphered, ciphering

Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Cipher and type are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cipher" instead a noun "Type".

Nearby Words: typical, typed

Okay, Cure Cipher in Puzzle Hunt Precure is themed after the code type of cipher — but the pun is still there, seeing as how her civilian name is Rei, which also means zero.

Source: My Hero Zero
And Bill Cipher is the type of demon who will call you by a personalized nickname while trying to persuade you to fuck yourself over with a combination of Deal with the Devil and Jackass Genie.

Source: Terms of Endangerment
Before this episode, fans had an array of out-there speculations such as Tad being the same type of creature as Bill Cipher (but a square) to Tad being Gomper's real name (when asked in a Q&A about the goat, Bill said he 'like(s) him better this way').

Source: Recap / Gravity Falls S 2 E 14 The Stanchurian Candidate

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