censor vs stifle

censor

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). 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

stifle

verb
  • To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress. 

  • To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat. 

  • To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium. 

  • To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling. 

  • To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe. 

  • To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint. 

  • To die of suffocation. 

  • To keep in, hold back, or repress (something). 

  • To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate. 

  • To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production. 

noun
  • An act or state of being stifled. 

  • A bone disease of this region. 

  • The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans. 

How often have the words censor and stifle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )