2022-01-12
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - censer & censor & censure
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง censer & censor = “SEN-ser”
ออกเสียง censure = “SEN-sher”
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:
Censer = a container in which incense is burned:
He lighted the censer on the altar.
Not to be confused with:
censor – prohibit or restrict the use of something:
They censor motorcycles in the cemetery.
censure – criticize harshly; reprove; condemn:
He was censured for his use of profanity.
sensor - a device that detects and responds
to a signal or stimulus:
A smoke alarm is an essential sensor in case of fire.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
censer & censor & censure
A censer is an incense burner.
To censor is “to examine.”
To censure is “to condemn” or “to find fault.”
“He bought a lovely ornamented censer.”
“The authorities censor all mail.”
“The superintendent will censure you for laziness.”
The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:
censer & censor & censure
A CENSER is a container in which incense is burnt
during a religious ceremony.
A CENSOR is a person who examines plays, books, films, etc.
before deciding if they are suitable for public performance or publication.
To CENSOR is to do the work of a CENSOR.
CENSURE is official and formal disapproval
or condemnationof an action.
To CENSURE is to express this condemnation
in a formal written or spoken statement.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Usage Notes
Censor vs. Censure
What the [bleep] is the difference?
The inclination to confuse censor and censure
likely comes from the fact that both
describe a restrictive action coming down from an authoritative body.
It doesn't help that either word can be used as a noun or a verb.
The best-known meaning of the noun censor is
"one who reads communications (as letters)
or examines materials (as films)
and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful."
We think of censors working on behalf of governments, TV networks ("We're comic dispensers / We crack up all the censors"
sang the theme to the 1990s cartoon Tiny Toon Adventures),
internet companies, or oneself in the name of choosing one's words carefully.
It conjures images of blurred-out nudity, bleeped-out curse words, or redacted text:
I quickly read the whole thing to myself.
The date said it had been sent weeks ago.
There was no return address and the place where it says where it was mailed from in the postmark was blacked out by a censor. —Graham Salisbury, Under the Blood-Red Sun, 1994
As a transitive verb, to censor means to remove, block, or interfere
with the communication of another,
with the object of the verb being
either the one doing the communicating
or the message or ideabeing delivered:
But at the same time, argue some
civil libertarians and free speech advocates,
Twitter's very vitality could be imperiled by
such a move to censor its users, however vile their tweets.
—Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2015
Even when cartoonists feel that their commitment to diversity or to the honesty of their artistic vision is worth a few cancellations, syndicates often disagree; they regularly censor gay characters, gay references, and the word "gay."
—Jeffery P. Dennis, ACAD: Journal of American Culture, December 2012
Censor is related (via the Latin censēre, "to assess or tax")
to our word
for the official count of the members of a population: census.
In early Rome, censors were magistrates who took the census
(which involved, among other things, counting the population and assessing property values)
and generally supervised the moral conduct of the citizens.
Censure also derives from censēre and
refers to a judicial sentence or official reprimand or criticism.
One might censure a member of a parliamentary body
or other organization for actions
or behavior deemed in violation of the body's rules
or spirit of proper conduct.
Less severe than an expulsion,
a censure doesn't always have an official penalty attached to it
(usually, the very act of censure going on the record is enough to tarnish a reputation),
and like censor, the word can be a noun or a transitive verb:
