Consed vs Censed - What's the difference?
consed | censed |
(cons)
(computing) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
(computing) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
(con)
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(cense)
(obsolete) To perfume with incense.
* Dryden
(obsolete) A census.
(obsolete) A public rate or tax.
(obsolete) condition; rank
As verbs the difference between consed and censed
is that consed is (cons) while censed is (cense).consed
English
Verb
(head)cons
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(head)Etymology 2
Abbreviation of construct .Noun
(conses)Synonyms
* cons cellVerb
(es)- In addition to specifying the whole list at once using square brackets and commas, you can build them up piece by piece using the (:) operator. This process is often referred to as consing.
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)censed
English
Verb
(head)cense
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- The Salii sing and cense his altars round.
Etymology 2
(etyl) cense, (etyl) cens, (etyl) (lena) census.Noun
(en noun)- (Howell)
- (Francis Bacon)
- (Ben Jonson)