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What is the difference between censorial and haughty?

censorial | haughty |

As adjectives the difference between censorial and haughty

is that censorial is relating to a censor while haughty is conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

censorial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • relating to a censor
  • * 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son
    • Nothing less than the relation between you and me can possibly authorize that freedom; but fortunately for you, my parental rights, joined to my censorial powers, give it me in its fullest extent, and my concern for you will make me exert it.
  • * 1888, Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
    • The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...

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    haughty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
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    Usage notes

    Possibly due to the similar sounding (and utterly different in meaning) hottie'', ''haughty has become rare in some parts of North America.

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