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Classify vs Organize - What's the difference?

classify | organize |

As verbs the difference between classify and organize

is that classify is to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize while organize is to arrange in working order.

classify

English

Verb

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

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (to declare a secret) declassify

    Related terms

    * class * classification

    See also

    * arrange * distribute * rank

    External links

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    organize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * organise

    Verb

    (organiz)
  • To (l) in working order.
  • To (l) in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
  • * Cranch
    • This original and supreme will organizes the government.
  • To (l) with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; — in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.
  • * Ray
    • These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
  • (music) To sing in parts.
    • to organize an anthem
    (Busby)

    Derived terms

    * organized * organizer * organization * self-organize

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