censor, sensor and censure - the difference

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CENSOR / SENSOR / CENSURE

 
To censor means to forbid.  A sensor is a detector.  Censure is displeasure.
 


Censor

The verb 'to censor' means 'to forbid public distribution of something' (usually a film or a newspaper).

Example:

How did that statement end up on the streets? I censored the article myself.

Sensor

The noun sensor denotes a detector of a stimulus (such as heat, light, motion, pressure).

Example:

An infrared sensor designed to detect movement triggered the roadside bomb.

Censure

The noun censure denotes a formal rebuke or official displeasure. 

Example:

He has received two letters of censure from the commandant.
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