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delete vs censor

censor vs delete

delete is not a noun while censor is a noun.

delete and censor both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
delete No No Yes No
censor Yes No Yes No
As verbs, censor is a hypernym of delete; that is, censor is a word with a broader meaning than delete:
  • delete: cut or eliminate
  • censor: subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
delete (noun) censor (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
delete (verb) censor (verb)
cut or eliminate subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
remove or make invisible
Difference between delete and censor

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