The difference between Sort and Variety

When used as nouns, sort means a general type, whereas variety means the quality of being varied.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Sort and Variety

  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.

  1. Variety as a noun:

    The quality of being varied; diversity.

    Examples:

    "'Variety is the spice of life."

    "ant sameness"

  2. Variety as a noun:

    A specific variation of something.

  3. Variety as a noun:

    A number of different things.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: array assortment"

  4. Variety as a noun:

    A state of constant change.

  5. Variety as a noun (taxonomy):

    A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.

  6. Variety as a noun (cybernetics):

    The total number of distinct states of a system.

  7. Variety as a noun (cybernetics):

    Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

  8. Variety as a noun (linguistics):

    A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.

  9. Variety as a noun (algebra, esp. universal algebra):

    The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.

  10. Variety as a noun:

    The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.

  11. Variety as a noun:

    The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

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