Confusables Entry 492 / 1011 60-second read

Censor vs. Censure / Sensor

Suppress speech versus formal rebuke versus detector.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The senate voted to censor the member.

✓ Correct

The senate voted to censure the member.

The ruleii

CENSOR = suppress. CENSURE = rebuke. SENSOR = detect.

CENSOR cuts material. CENSURE is a formal rebuke. SENSOR detects something.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

CensuRe = Reprimand."

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