The difference between Kind and Sort

When used as nouns, kind means a type, race or category, whereas sort means a general type.

Kind is also adjective with the meaning: having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.

Sort is also verb with the meaning: to separate according to certain criteria.

check bellow for the other definitions of Kind and Sort

  1. Kind as a noun:

    A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

    Examples:

    "What kind of a person are you?"

    "This is a strange kind of tobacco."

  2. Kind as a noun:

    A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.

    Examples:

    "The opening served as a kind of window."

  3. Kind as a noun (archaic):

    One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.

  4. Kind as a noun:

    Goods or services used as payment, as e.g. in barter.

  5. Kind as a noun:

    Equivalent means used as response to an action.

    Examples:

    "I'll pay in kind for his insult."

  6. Kind as a noun (Christianity):

    Each of the two elements of the communion service, bread and wine.

  1. Kind as an adjective:

    Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.

  2. Kind as an adjective:

    Affectionate.

    Examples:

    "a kind man; a kind heart"

  3. Kind as an adjective:

    Favorable.

  4. Kind as an adjective:

    Mild, gentle, forgiving

    Examples:

    "The years have been kind to Richard Gere; he ages well."

  5. Kind as an adjective:

    Gentle; tractable; easily governed.

    Examples:

    "a horse kind in harness"

  6. Kind as an adjective (obsolete):

    Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Chaucer"

  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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