The difference between Rank and Sort

When used as nouns, rank means a row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"], whereas sort means a general type.

When used as verbs, rank means to place abreast, or in a line, whereas sort means to separate according to certain criteria.

Rank is also adverb with the meaning: quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

Rank is also adjective with the meaning: strong of its kind or in character.

check bellow for the other definitions of Rank and Sort

  1. Rank as an adjective:

    Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).

    Examples:

    "'rank treason"

    "'rank nonsense"

  2. Rank as an adjective:

    Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.

    Examples:

    "'rank grass"

    "'rank weeds"

  3. Rank as an adjective:

    Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.

  4. Rank as an adjective:

    Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.

    Examples:

    "'rank land"

    "rfquotek Mortimer"

  5. Rank as an adjective:

    Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.

  6. Rank as an adjective:

    Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.

    Examples:

    "Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?"

  7. Rank as an adjective:

    Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).

    Examples:

    "I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith."

  8. Rank as an adjective (informal):

    Gross, disgusting.

  9. Rank as an adjective (obsolete):

    Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.

  10. Rank as an adjective (obsolete):

    Inflamed with venereal appetite.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  1. Rank as an adverb (obsolete):

    Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.

  1. Rank as a noun:

    A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].

    Examples:

    "The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads."

  2. Rank as a noun (music):

    In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.

  3. Rank as a noun:

    One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality

    Examples:

    "Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23."

    "The fancy hotel was of the first rank."

  4. Rank as a noun:

    The level of one's position in a class-based society

  5. Rank as a noun:

    a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military

    Examples:

    "Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines."

    "He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO."

  6. Rank as a noun (taxonomy):

    a level in a scientific taxonomy system

    Examples:

    "Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class."

  7. Rank as a noun (linear algebra):

    Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.

  8. Rank as a noun (mathematics):

    The dimensionality of an array or tensor.

  9. Rank as a noun (mathematics):

    The size of any basis of a given matroid.

  10. Rank as a noun (chess):

    one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.

  11. Rank as a noun (typically in the plural):

    A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.

  1. Rank as a verb:

    To place abreast, or in a line.

  2. Rank as a verb:

    To have a ranking.

    Examples:

    "Their defense ranked third in the league."

  3. Rank as a verb:

    To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.

  4. Rank as a verb (US):

    To take rank of; to outrank.

  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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