Difference between Censorial and Official

What is the difference between Censorial and Official?

Censorial as an adjective is relating to a censor while Official as an adjective is of or pertaining to an office or public trust

Censorial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: relating to a censor

Official

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to an office or public trustDerived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authorityApproved by authority; authorized.sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinalDischarging an office or function.Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An office holder invested with powers and authorities.A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

Example sentence: I used to get very, very frustrated by people being told what to do by nanny in Brussels. And I remember once I rang the official who was actually responsible for banning the prawn-cocktail-flavoured crisp, which I think contained a dye called Arithrazine or something like that.

We hope you now know whether to use Censorial or Official in your sentence.

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