English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
CENSOR or SENSOR?
Military ~sensors~ prevented the publication of the document (nonstandard).
Military *censors* prevented the publication of the document (standard).
A censor is a person responsible for examining books, films, works of art, or communications, and deciding whether to prevent parts or the whole of them from being seen or made available to the public because they are considered to be offensive or harmful, or because they contain information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for political reasons.
The security post has a ~censor~ that detects the presence of people (nonstandard).
The security post has a *sensor* that detects the presence of people (standard).
A sensor is a device that is used to record that something is present or that there are changes in something.
GAB
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