The difference between Character and Sort

When used as nouns, character means a being involved in the action of a story, whereas sort means a general type.

When used as verbs, character means to write (using characters), whereas sort means to separate according to certain criteria.

check bellow for the other definitions of Character and Sort

  1. Character as a noun:

    A being involved in the action of a story.

  2. Character as a noun:

    A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.

    Examples:

    "(genetics) A single [[locus]] governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2."

  3. Character as a noun:

    A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.

    Examples:

    "A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out."

  4. Character as a noun:

    Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

    Examples:

    "He has a great deal of character."

    "You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."

  5. Character as a noun:

    A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

    Examples:

    "Julius Caesar is a great historical character."

    "That bloke is such a character."

  6. Character as a noun:

    A written or printed symbol, or letter.

  7. Character as a noun (dated):

    Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.

    Examples:

    "an inscription in the Runic character"

  8. Character as a noun (dated):

    A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.

  9. Character as a noun (computing):

    One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

  10. Character as a noun (informal):

    A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.

    Examples:

    "We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers."

  11. Character as a noun (mathematics):

    A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.

  12. Character as a noun:

    Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

    Examples:

    "in the miserable character of a slave"

    "in his character as a magistrate"

  13. Character as a noun (dated):

    The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.

    Examples:

    "a man's character for truth and veracity"

    "Her actions give her a bad character."

  14. Character as a noun (dated):

    A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.

  15. Character as a noun (obsolete):

    Personal appearance.

  1. Character as a verb (obsolete):

    To write (using characters); to describe.

  1. Sort as a noun:

    A general type.

  2. Sort as a noun:

    Manner; form of being or acting.

  3. Sort as a noun (obsolete):

    Condition above the vulgar; rank.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  4. Sort as a noun (dated):

    Group, company.

  5. Sort as a noun (informal):

    A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).

    Examples:

    "This guy's a decent sort."

  6. Sort as a noun (Australia, informal):

    A good-looking woman.

  7. Sort as a noun:

    An act of sorting.

    Examples:

    "I had a sort of my cupboard."

  8. Sort as a noun (computing):

    An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

    Examples:

    "Popular sorts include quicksort and heapsort."

  9. Sort as a noun (typography):

    A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

  10. Sort as a noun (mathematics):

    A type.

  11. Sort as a noun (obsolete):

    Chance; lot; destiny.

  12. Sort as a noun (obsolete):

    A pair; a set; a suit.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Johnson"

  1. Sort as a verb (transitive):

    To separate according to certain criteria.

  2. Sort as a verb (transitive):

    To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

  3. Sort as a verb (British):

    To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.

  4. Sort as a verb (transitive):

    To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

  5. Sort as a verb (intransitive):

    To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

  6. Sort as a verb (intransitive):

    To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

  7. Sort as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

  8. Sort as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

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