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Categorization vs Compartmentalization - What's the difference?

categorization | compartmentalization |

As nouns the difference between categorization and compartmentalization

is that categorization is a group of things arranged by category; a classification while compartmentalization is the act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.

categorization

English

(wikipedia categorization)

Alternative forms

* (mainly British) categorisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of things arranged by category; a classification.
  • The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.
  • *2013 , (James Gleick), "Wikipedia's Women Problem", New York Review of Books , 29 Apr 2013:
  • *:It’s fair to say that Wikipedia has spent far more time considering the philosophical ramifications of categorization than Aristotle and Kant ever did.

    • Related terms

    * category * categorize

    compartmentalization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * compartmentalisation

    Noun

  • The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.
  • (software) The act of dividing complex code into libraries with common functionality to help make the process of programming more manageable and reusable.

    • Antonyms

    * decompartmentalization