Grammar Bomb: CENSOR vs SENSOR vs CENSURE

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Grammar Bomb11-13.002_Censor vs Sensor vs Censure

The sensor’s light flashed;

the information they were

trying to share was censored;

if they continued to try to use it,

they would be censured by the committee.

 

censor {noun & verb} [THINK: examine and suppress]
sensor {noun} [THINK: device detects or measures]
censure {verb & noun} [THINK: express severe disapproval]

 

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