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Categorize vs Subcategorize - What's the difference?

categorize | subcategorize |

In transitive terms the difference between categorize and subcategorize

is that categorize is to assign a category; to divide into classes while subcategorize is to categorize more specifically by placing in a subcategory.

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.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * category * categorisation * categorization

    subcategorize

    English

    Verb

    (subcategoriz)
  • To categorize more specifically by placing in a subcategory.
  • (grammar) To practice subcategorization.
  • *
    • As we see from the examples in (55):
    (55) (a)      John will put [NP the car''] [PP ''in the garage'']
    (55) (b)     ?John will put [NP ''the car'']
    (55) (c)     ?John will put [PP ''in the garage'']
    (55) (d)     ?John will put
    the Verb ''put'' subcategorizes (i.e. ‘takes?) obligatory NP and PP complements (to simplify exposition here, we ignore the fact that the subcategorization properties of ''put     may be predictable from its thematic properties, and from general word-order principles such as the STRICT ADJACENCY CONDITION).