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Classified vs Classifier - What's the difference?

classified | classifier |

As nouns the difference between classified and classifier

is that classified is a classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine while classifier is someone who classifies.

As a verb classified

is past tense of classify.

As an adjective classified

is formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.

classified

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (classify)
  • Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.

    Adjective

    (classified information) (en adjective)
  • Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
  • We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
  • Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
  • I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified .

    Etymology 2

    (Classified advertising) From , by shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
  • He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.

    classifier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who classifies.
  • (linguistics) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as Japanese and American Sign Language), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
  • A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density
  • See also

    * counter * counting word * measure word English agent nouns ----