The difference between Genus and Sort
When used as nouns, genus means a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species, whereas sort means a general type.
Sort is also verb with the meaning: to separate according to certain criteria.
check bellow for the other definitions of Genus and Sort
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Genus as a noun (taxonomy):
a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
Examples:
"All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia''."
"Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle."
"There are only two genera and species of seadragons''."
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Genus as a noun:
A group with common attributes.
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Genus as a noun (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry):
A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
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Genus as a noun (semantics):
Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
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Sort as a noun:
A general type.
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Sort as a noun:
Manner; form of being or acting.
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Sort as a noun (obsolete):
Condition above the vulgar; rank.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Sort as a noun (dated):
Group, company.
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Sort as a noun (informal):
A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
Examples:
"This guy's a decent sort."
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Sort as a noun (Australia, informal):
A good-looking woman.
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Sort as a noun:
An act of sorting.
Examples:
"I had a sort of my cupboard."
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Sort as a noun (computing):
An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
Examples:
"Popular sorts include quicksort and heapsort."
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Sort as a noun (typography):
A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
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Sort as a noun (mathematics):
A type.
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Sort as a noun (obsolete):
Chance; lot; destiny.
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Sort as a noun (obsolete):
A pair; a set; a suit.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Sort as a verb (transitive):
To separate according to certain criteria.
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Sort as a verb (transitive):
To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
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Sort as a verb (British):
To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
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Sort as a verb (transitive):
To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
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Sort as a verb (intransitive):
To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
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Sort as a verb (intransitive):
To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
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Sort as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
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Sort as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To choose from a number; to select; to cull.