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Assort vs Assortment - What's the difference?

assort | assortment |

As a verb assort

is to sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.

As a noun assortment is

a collection of varying but related items.

assort

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
  • * Burke
    • They appear no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate.
  • To be of a kind with.
  • To be associated with; to consort with.
  • To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
    • to assort a cargo

    Derived terms

    * assortative

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    assortment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection of varying but related items.
    • This box has an assortment of chocolates, there's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

    Synonyms

    * diversity, Whitman's sampler * See also