Censure vs. Censor — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Censure and Censor
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Censure
A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. In parliamentary procedure, it is a debatable main motion that could be adopted by a majority vote.
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Censor
A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.
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Censure
Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement
The company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade
Shareholders censured the bank for its extravagance
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Censor
An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.
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Censure
The formal expression of severe disapproval
Two MPs were singled out for censure
Despite episcopal censures, the practice continued
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Censor
One that condemns or censures.
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Censure
An expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism.
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Censor
One of two officials in ancient Rome responsible for taking the public census and supervising public behavior and morals.
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Censure
An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members.
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Censor
(Psychology) The component of the unconscious that is posited by psychoanalytic theory to be responsible for preventing certain thoughts or feelings from reaching the conscious mind.
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Censure
To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity
"whether the Senate will censure one of its members for conflict of interest" (Washington Post).
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Censor
To examine and expurgate.
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Censure
The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
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Censor
One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century {{B.C.E.}} and the 6th century {{C.E.}}) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
The Ancient Roman censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.
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Censure
An official reprimand.
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Censor
A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
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Censure
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
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Censor
An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
The headmaster was an even stricter censor of his boarding pupils’ correspondence than the enemy censors had been of his own when the country was occupied.
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Censure
(obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
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Censor
(education) A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
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Censure
To criticize harshly.
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Censor
(obsolete) One who censures or condemns.
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Censure
To formally rebuke.
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Censor
(psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
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Censure
(obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
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Censor
(transitive) To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
The people responsible for censoring films have seen some startling things in their time.
Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance
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Censure
Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
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Censor
One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.
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Censure
The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.
Both the censure and the praise were merited.
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Censor
One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; - an official in some European countries.
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Censure
Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
Excommunication or other censure of the church.
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Censor
One given to fault-finding; a censurer.
Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve.
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Censure
To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
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Censor
A critic; a reviewer.
Received with caution by the censors of the press.
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Censure
To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.
I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
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Censor
A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
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Censure
To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.
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Censor
Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
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Censure
To judge.
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Censor
Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship;
This magazine is censored by the government
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Censure
Harsh criticism or disapproval
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Censure
The state of being excommunicated
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Censure
Rebuke formally
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