The difference between Person and Sort

When used as nouns, person means a character or part, as in a play, whereas sort means a general type.

When used as verbs, person means to represent as a person, whereas sort means to separate according to certain criteria.

check bellow for the other definitions of Person and Sort

  1. Person as a noun (Christianity):

    An individual; usually a human being. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit. Any sentient or socially intelligent being. Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).

    Examples:

    "Each person is unique, both mentally and physically."

    "Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats."

  2. Person as a noun:

    The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.

  3. Person as a noun (law):

    Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

    Examples:

    "At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person."

  4. Person as a noun (law):

    The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.

  5. Person as a noun (grammar):

    A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.

  6. Person as a noun (biology):

    A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Haeckel"

  1. Person as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  2. Person as a verb (transitive, gender-neutral):

    To man.

  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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