Difference between Esoteric and Cryptic

ESOTERIC vs CRYPTIC: NOUN

The art of recording any discourse so that the meaning is concealed from ordinary readers.
A cryptic crossword.

Intended for or understood by only a small group, especially one with specialized knowledge or interests: : mysterious.
Relating to or being a small group with specialized knowledge or interests.
Not known by or suitable for the public; private.
Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of discussions of technical topics and of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
Marked by secrecy or privacy; private; select; confidential.
Understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle.
Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.
Confidential; private.
Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

Literally, inner: originally applied to certain writings of Aristotle of a scientific, as opposed to a popular, character, and afterward to the secret or acroamatic teachings of Pythagoras; hence, in general, secret; intended to be communicated only to the initiated; profound.
In embryology, endoblastic. See the extract.

Dark, Obscure, Sibylline, Cryptical, Deep, Secret, Mysterious, Mystic, Cabalistic, Occult, Cryptic, Mystical, Recondite, Arcane, Abstruse

Shadowy, Arcane, Obscure, Enigmatic, Sibylline, Cryptical, Deep, Inexplicable, Concise, Cabalistic, Mystifying, Incomprehensible, Esoteric, Mysterious, Inscrutable

Dark, Obscure, Sibylline, Cryptical, Deep, Secret, Mysterious, Mystic, Cabalistic, Occult, Cryptic, Mystical, Recondite, Arcane, Abstruse

Shadowy, Arcane, Obscure, Enigmatic, Sibylline, Cryptical, Deep, Inexplicable, Concise, Cabalistic, Mystifying, Incomprehensible, Esoteric, Mysterious, Inscrutable

This is hardly esoteric or limited to religion.
Esoteric or Tantric Buddhism, a form of Mahayana.
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Nor is intentional sexuality confined to esoteric traditions.
His Proclus is esoteric, dogmatic and often unintelligible.
Is dollar policy just an esoteric, econometric issue?
Esoteric decode of the Janelle Monet movie: Antebellum.
And these are not just esoteric academic discussions.
These Texts about Esoteric and Occult topics make a fascinating reading for occultists and the people intersted in esoteric alike.
And esoteric cosmology is the occult and esoteric teachings that involve elaborate cosmologies.

Her own stated ambitions are cryptic and contradictory.
Yes, you deciphered the cryptic runes correctly -.
Some Cryptic Masons belong to several Councils, but all Cryptic Masons have to belong to at least one Council.
Cryptic Crossword Puzzles The answer for each cryptic clue is an anagram for one of the words in the clue.
Unknown letters as a cryptic clue describes its answer pattern, a cryptic clue.
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Normal as soon as possible standard cryptic clue involves wordplay and definition how to successfully solve cryptic crosswords often abbreviations.
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Cryptic definition, mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.