Classify vs Choose - What's the difference?
classify | choose |
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
To elect.
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To decide to act in a certain way.
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To wish; to desire; to prefer.
*(Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
*:The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment.
(mathematics) The binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) The act of choosing; selection.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) The power, right, or privilege of choosing; election.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Scope for choice.
As verbs the difference between classify and choose
is that classify is to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize while choose is to pick; to make the choice of; to select.As a conjunction choose is
the binomial coefficient of the previous and following number.As a noun choose is
the act of choosing; selection.classify
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Verb
(en-verb)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (to declare a secret) declassifySee also
* arrange * distribute * rankExternal links
* *choose
English
(Choice)Alternative forms
* chuseEtymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Verb
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- The number of distinct subsets of size ''k'' from a set of size ''n'' is or "''n'' choose ''k''".