The difference between Classify and Sort

When used as verbs, classify means to identify by or divide into classes, whereas sort means to separate according to certain criteria.

Sort is also noun with the meaning: a general type.

check bellow for the other definitions of Classify and Sort

  1. Classify as a verb:

    to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

    Examples:

    "Should we classify "make up" as an [[idiom]] or as a [[phrasal]] [[verb]]?"

  2. Classify as a verb:

    to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

    Examples:

    "They decided to classify that information."

  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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