The difference between Distribute and Sort

When used as verbs, distribute means to divide into portions and dispense, 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 Distribute and Sort

  1. Distribute as a verb (transitive):

    To divide into portions and dispense.

    Examples:

    "He distributed the bread amongst his followers."

  2. Distribute as a verb (transitive):

    To supply to retail outlets.

    Examples:

    "The agency distributes newspapers to local shops."

  3. Distribute as a verb (transitive):

    To deliver or pass out.

    Examples:

    "A network of children distributes flyers to every house."

  4. Distribute as a verb (transitive):

    To scatter or spread.

    Examples:

    "I raked the soil then distributed grass seed."

  5. Distribute as a verb (transitive):

    To apportion (more or less evenly).

    Examples:

    "The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area."

  6. Distribute as a verb (transitive):

    To classify or separate into categories.

    Examples:

    "The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments."

  7. Distribute as a verb (intransitive, mathematics):

    To be distributive.

  8. Distribute as a verb (printing):

    To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.

  9. Distribute as a verb (printing):

    To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

  10. Distribute as a verb (logic):

    To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

  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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