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Classify vs Quantify - What's the difference?

classify | quantify |

As verbs the difference between classify and quantify

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

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

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    quantify

    English

    Verb

  • To assign a quantity to.
  • To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert M. Pringle , title=How to Be Manipulative , volume=100, issue=1, page=31 , magazine= citation , passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}

    Synonyms

    * (measure the quantity of) quantitate