censor vs functionary

functionary vs censor

censor and functionary both are nouns.

censor is a verb but functionary is not a verb.

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

As nouns, functionary is a hypernym of censor; that is, functionary is a word with a broader meaning than censor:

censor: 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
functionary: a worker who holds or is invested with an office

Other hypernyms of censor include official.

censor (noun)	functionary (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	a worker who holds or is invested with an office
someone who censures or condemns

censor (verb)	functionary (verb)
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

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