As nouns the difference between census and recensus
is that census is an official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals while recensus is a repeat census.
As a verb census
is to collect a census.
census
Noun
(censuses)
An official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.
Verb
(es)
To collect a census.
recensus
English
Noun
(es)
A repeat census
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