Censual vs. Sensual

Censualadjective

Relating to, or containing, a census.

Sensualadjective

Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

‘That massage was a very sensual experience!’;

Censualadjective

Relating to, or containing, a census.

‘He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll.’;

Sensualadjective

Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

‘Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.’;

Sensualadjective

Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

Sensualadjective

Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit.

‘Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies.’; ‘Far as creation's ample range extends,The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends.’;

Sensualadjective

Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.

‘These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.’; ‘The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine.’;

Sensualadjective

Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.

‘No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity.’;

Sensualadjective

Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.

Sensualadjective

of the appetites and passions of the body;

‘animal instincts’; ‘carnal knowledge’; ‘fleshly desire’; ‘a sensual delight in eating’; ‘music is the only sensual pleasure without vice’;

Sensualadjective

sexually exciting or gratifying;

‘sensual excesses’; ‘a sultry look’; ‘a sultry dance’;

Sensualadjective

relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure

‘the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate’;