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Categorize vs Classify - What's the difference?

categorize | classify |

Classify is a synonym of categorize.



As verbs the difference between categorize and classify

is that categorize is to assign a category; to divide into classes while classify is to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.

categorize

English

Alternative forms

* categorise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(categoriz)
  • To assign a category; to divide into classes.
  • First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

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    classify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
  • to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
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    Antonyms

    * (to declare a secret) declassify

    See also

    * arrange * distribute * rank