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“Cense” or “Cents” or “Scents” or “Sense”

cense / cents / scents / sense are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

cense

  • verbperfume especially with a censer.

cents s·EH·n·t·s

  • nouna fractional monetary unit of several countries.

scents s·EH·n·t·s

  • nounan odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced.
  • verbcatch the scent of; get wind of.

sense s·EH·n·s

  • nouna general conscious awareness.
  • nounthe meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.
  • nounthe faculty through which the external world is apprehended.
  • nouna natural appreciation or ability.
  • verbdetect some circumstance or entity automatically.
  • verbcomprehend.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“cense”

  • It is owned by Cense Media Sdn Bhd.

“cents”

  • …for a cost of 99 cents USD.
  • …the subway fare at 5 cents for forty-nine years.
  • …a total of US$1.00 (20 cents per annum) to the Biscayne…
  • …was a premium of 9 cents per cup) and a pound…
  • …outlets, including BETJ (My Two Cents television talk show); NPR's News…
  • …tax was reduced from fifty cents to twenty-five cents per box.
  • …that no more than seventeen cents of each United States dollar…
  • Twenty-Five Cents
  • …students could buy for ten cents per share; the company put…
  • …Texas redbacks traded at 37.5 cents on the dollar before he…

“scents”

  • …al-Razi, and the addition of scents using perfume technology perfected in…
  • Thirteen Scents

“sense”

  • …Kyutama that increases the user's sense of smell.
  • …the film and the strong sense of distrust among the characters,…
  • Gastropods have no sense of hearing.
  • In the most simple sense, it is an enclosure for…
  • …that it does not make sense to assign them to a…
  • …with whom they feel a sense of merged identity – almost…
  • …parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and…
  • …implies that it is Earl’s sense of reality that is skewed…
  • …another person in an individual's sense of self.
  • …as charismatic rule in the sense of Max Weber.

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