excommunication vs censure

excommunication and censure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
excommunication	Yes	No	No	No
censure	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, excommunication and censure are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of excommunication include exclusion.

excommunication (noun)	censure (noun)
the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society	harsh criticism or disapproval
the state of being excommunicated	the state of being excommunicated

excommunication (verb)	censure (verb)
	rebuke formally