Ordinate vs Categorize - What's the difference?

As a noun ordinate

is ordinate (the value of a coordinate on the vertical (y) axis).

to assign a category; to divide into classes.

(en noun)

(mathematics) the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis

(ordinat)

to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop

to align a series of objects

(en adjective)

arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.

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* categorise (non-Oxford British spelling)

(categoriz)

To assign a category; to divide into classes.

First, categorize incoming messages according to the needed actions.

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