“Cense” or “Cents” or “Scents” or “Sense”—Which to use?

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

Overview

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. 👇

Definitions

cense: (verb) perfume especially with a censer.

cents: (noun) a fractional monetary unit of several countries.

scents: (noun) an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced. (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of.

sense: (noun) a general conscious awareness. (noun) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted. (noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended. (noun) a natural appreciation or ability. (verb) detect some circumstance or entity automatically. (verb) comprehend.

Pronunciation

cense: NA

cents: s·EH·n·t·s

scents: s·EH·n·t·s

sense: s·EH·n·s

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Examples in Context

Examples of “cense”

It is owned by Cense Media Sdn Bhd.

Examples of “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…

Examples of “scents”

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

Examples of “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.

(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions drawn from WordNet.)

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