The difference between censor, sensor and censure (grammar lesson)


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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.

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.

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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