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Sortation vs Assortment - What's the difference?

sortation | assortment |

As nouns the difference between sortation and assortment

is that sortation is (uncountable) the use of any process of sorting or sortation can be the automated sorting of things, especially the use of barcodes to sort and route items while assortment is a collection of varying but related items.

sortation

English

Etymology 1

Noun

  • (uncountable) The use of any process of sorting.
  • (countable) A process or instance of sorting.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • The automated sorting of things, especially the use of barcodes to sort and route items.

    • Anagrams

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    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