censor vs assess

assess vs censor

censor is a noun but assess is not a noun.

censor and assess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
censor	Yes	No	Yes	No
assess	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, assess is a hypernym of censor; that is, assess is a word with a broader meaning than censor:

censor: subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
assess: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

Other hypernyms of censor include appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value.

censor (noun)	assess (noun)
a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
someone who censures or condemns

censor (verb)	assess (verb)
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship	evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)	estimate the value of (property) for taxation
	set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
	charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

Difference between censor and assess

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