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Clustering vs Classifying - What's the difference?

clustering | classifying |

As verbs the difference between clustering and classifying

is that clustering is while classifying is .

As a noun clustering

is the action of the verb to cluster.

As an adjective classifying is

that serves to classify.

clustering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to cluster.
  • A grouping of a number of similar things.
  • (demographics) The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion.
  • (computing) The undesirable, contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table.
  • (writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.

    • Derived terms

    * clustering coefficient * clustering illusion * declustering

    Related terms

    * mind map

    classifying

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That serves to classify

    • Derived terms

    * classifying space