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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