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Suppressed vs Censor - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between suppressed and censor

is that suppressed is (suppress) while censor is to review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers.

As a noun censor is

(history) a roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality.

suppressed

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Verb

(head)
  • (suppress)

    • suppress

    English

    Verb

  • to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue
    • ''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .
  • to restrain or repress an expression
    • ''I struggled to suppress my smile.
  • (psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
    • He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
  • to prevent publication
    • The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
  • to stop a flow or stream
    • The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
    ''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
  • (US, legal) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained
  • (electronics) to reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal
  • (obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low

    • Related terms

    * suppression * suppressor

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    censor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * censour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality
    • The Ancient censors were part of the ''cursus honorum , a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.
  • An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content
    • The headmaster is an even stricter censor''' for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy ' censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.
  • One who censures or condemns
  • (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious
  • (acronym ) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

    • Synonyms

    * censurer

    Related terms

    * censorial * censorious * censorship * censure * census

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers
    • The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.
  • To remove objectionable content
    • ''Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

    Synonyms

    * bowdlerize

    See also

    * decensor * expurgate

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