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As nouns the difference between sort and deal

is that sort is kind, type, sort or sort can be fate, destiny, chance while deal is (slang) a deal.

sort

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), (m) (= Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m), Swedish (m)), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A general type.
  • *, chapter=1
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
      Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.}}
  • Manner; form of being or acting.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:Which for my part I covet to perform, / In sort as through the world I did proclaim.
  • *(Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
  • *:Flowers, in such sort worn, can neither be smelt nor seen well by those that wear them.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:I'll deceive you in another sort .
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:To Adam in what sort / Shall I appear?
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:I shall not be wholly without praise, if in some sort I have copied his style.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
  • (lb) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
  • :(Shakespeare)
  • (lb) Group, company.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:a sort of shepherds
  • *(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
  • *:a sort of doves
  • *(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
  • *:a sort of rogues
  • *(George Chapman) (1559-1634)
  • *:A boy, a child, and we a sort of us, / Vowed against his voyage.
  • (lb) A person.
  • :
  • An act of sorting.
  • :
  • (lb) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
  • :
  • (lb) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
  • (lb) Chance; lot; destiny.
  • *(William Shakespeare)
  • *:Let blockish Ajax draw / The sort to fight with Hector.
  • (lb) A pair; a set; a suit.
  • :(Johnson)
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "sort")
    Synonyms
    * (type) genre, genus, kind, type, variety * (person) character, individual, person, type * (act of sorting) sort-out * (in computing) sort algorithm, sorting algorithm * (typography) glyph, type * See also
    Derived terms
    * all sorts * allsorts * in sort * out of sorts * sort of * sort out * sorta * bead sort * binary tree sort * blort sort * bogo-sort * bozo sort * bubble sort * bucket sort * cocktail sort * comb sort * counting sort * distribution sort * drunk man sort * gnome sort * heapsort * insertion sort * in-place sort * insertion sort * introsort * introspective sort * library sort * merge sort * mergesort * monkey sort * pigeonhole sort * quicksort * radix sort * selection sort * shell sort * smoothsort * stochastic sort * stupid sort * stooge sort * timsort

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid)To separate according to certain criteria.
  • * Isaac Newton
    • Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another.
  • (senseid)To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
  • (senseid)(British) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
  • To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects.
  • * Sir J. Davies
    • She sorts things present with things past.
  • To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
  • * Woodward
    • Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The illiberality of parents towards children makes them base, and sort with any company.
  • To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • I cannot tell ye precisely how they sorted .
  • (obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience.
  • (obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
  • * Chapman
    • that he may sort out a worthy spouse
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll sort some other time to visit you.
    Usage notes
    In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in the form “I’ll get you sorted,” or “Now that’s sorted,” – in American usage (sort out) is used instead.
    Synonyms
    * (separate according to certain criteria) categorise/categorize, class, classify, group * (arrange into some sort of order) order, rank
    Derived terms
    * sorted * sorting * sort out

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    deal

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at dole.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
  • :
  • An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (''now usually qualified by'' (great) ''or (good)).
  • *:
  • *:And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage / and vnarmed hym / and layd hym in his bedde / & euer more his wound bledde pytously / but he stered no lymme of hym / Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe / And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune / and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge
  • *1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park , Ch.2:
  • *:There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.
  • *1851 , (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick , Ch.32:
  • *:There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , chapter=3, title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W Well Tackled!] , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal . A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/18/falling-upwards-richard-holmes-review Fantasy of navigation] , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • A unit of volume equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 1.5 in, used to measure firewood.
    • Synonyms
    * (act of apportioning or distributing) allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out]], [[share, sharing, sharing out * (large number or amount or extent) batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
    Derived terms
    * (indefinite quantity) a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
    • The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.
  • * Tickell
    • Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.
  • To administer or give out, as in small portions.
  • * 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 30:
    • "Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest , work=BBC Sport , url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13009332.stm , page= , passage=Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow.}}
  • To distribute cards to the players in a game.
    • I was dealt four aces.
    The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.
  • (baseball) To pitch.
    • The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.
  • To have dealings or business.
  • * 1838 , , Oliver Twist , ch. 11:
    • Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow.
  • To conduct oneself, to behave.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
    • In Deheubarth'' that now South-wales is hight, / What time king ''Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].
  • (obsolete) To take action; to act.
  • * 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
    • Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele .
  • To trade professionally (followed by in ).
    • She deals in gold.
  • To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
    • This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.
  • To be concerned with.
  • * 1922 , , Ulysses , episode 14:
    • Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.
  • To handle, to manage, to cope.
  • * 1897 , , Dracula , ch 19:
    • Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.
    I can't deal with this.
    Synonyms
    * (distribute among a number of recipients) apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out * (administer in portions) administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out * * pitch, throw * (have dealings with) * (trade) sell, trade, bargain * sell * (be concerned with) *
    Derived terms
    * deal with * dealer * dealy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of dealing or sharing.
  • The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
    • I didn’t have a good deal all evening.
    I believe it's your deal .
  • A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction
    • We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.
  • * 2014 , Jamie Jackson, "[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/26/angel-di-maria-completes-move-to-manchester-united Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real]", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:
    • The deal , which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw, the £28m for Ander Herrera and £16m for Marcos Rojo.
  • Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
  • * 2009 , The Guardian , Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:
    • You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.
  • An agreement between parties; an arrangement
  • * 2009 , Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 20 Jul 2009:
    • California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.
    He made a deal with the devil.
  • (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
    • "''I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal ."
    Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow .
    What's the deal ?
  • (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
    • The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.
    Synonyms
    * (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time) hand * (instance of buying or selling) business deal, sale, trade, transaction * (a beneficial transaction) steal, bargain * (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each) contract, pact
    Derived terms
    * no deal * package deal * raw deal * sweetheart deal

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), cognate with (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
  • (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
    • Synonyms
    * * (plank of softwood)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of deal.
    • A plain deal table
  • * 1913 ,
    • She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little deal table.
  • * 1919 ,
    • Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin.

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