censor vs mute

censor

noun
  • A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind. 

  • One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality. 

  • A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials. 

  • A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution. 

  • An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media. 

verb
  • To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive). 

mute

noun
  • An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound. 

  • A person who does not have the power of speech. 

  • A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. 

  • A mute swan. 

  • The faeces of a hawk or falcon. 

  • An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. 

adj
  • Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal. 

  • Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters. 

  • Not having the power of speech; dumb. 

  • Silent; not making a sound. 

verb
  • To silence, to make quiet. 

  • To turn off the sound of. 

  • To cast off; to moult. 

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