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Arrange vs Classified - What's the difference?

arrange | classified |

As adjectives the difference between arrange and classified

is that arrange is organized, neat while classified is formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in english) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.

As verbs the difference between arrange and classified

is that arrange is while classified is (classify).

As a noun classified is

(informal) a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

arrange

English

Verb

(arrang)
  • To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].}}
  • To put in order, to organize.
  • To plan; to prepare in advance.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.}}
  • (label) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.

    • Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Derived terms

    * arrangement

    classified

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (classify)
    • Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.

    Adjective

    (classified information) (en adjective)
  • Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
    • We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
  • Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
    • I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified .

    Etymology 2

    (Classified advertising) From , by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
    • He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.