Sort vs Handle - What's the difference?
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A general type.
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*(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.
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(lb) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
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(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.
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An act of sorting.
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(lb) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
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(lb) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
(lb) Chance; lot; destiny.
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*:Let blockish Ajax draw / The sort to fight with Hector.
(lb) A pair; a set; a suit.
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(senseid)To separate according to certain criteria.
* Isaac Newton
(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
* Sir J. Davies
To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
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* Francis Bacon
To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
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* Sir Walter Scott
(obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
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(obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
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A part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
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That of which use is made; an instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
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(Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. See also pot, middy for other regional variations.
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(American) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
(computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
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To use the hands.
* Psalm 115:7:
To touch; to feel with the hand.
* Luke 24:39:
To use or hold with the hand.
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To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
* Shakespeare, King Lear , IV-vi:
To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
* Sir W. Temple:
To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell
To deal with; to make a business of.
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To treat; to use, well or ill.
* Shakespeare, Henry VI , Part I, I-iv:
To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
* Shakespeare, Measure for Measure , V-i:
To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
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(soccer) To touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
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As nouns the difference between sort and handle
is that sort is kind, type, sort or sort can be fate, destiny, chance while handle is a part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc or handle can be (slang) a name, nickname or pseudonym.As a verb handle is
to use the hands.sort
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m) (= Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m), Swedish (m)), from (etyl) .Noun
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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 alsoDerived 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 * timsortEtymology 2
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another.
- Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects.
- She sorts things present with things past.
- Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals.
- The illiberality of parents towards children makes them base, and sort with any company.
- They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations.
- I cannot tell ye precisely how they sorted .
- I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience.
- that he may sort out a worthy spouse
- 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, rankDerived terms
* sorted * sorting * sort outStatistics
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) handel, handle, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- This article describes how to find the module name from the window handle .
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
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- The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
- (geography, Newfoundland, and, Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
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- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
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Derived terms
* give a handle * handlebar, handlebars * handlebody * handleless * handling * love handleEtymology 2
From (etyl) handlen, from (etyl) .Verb
- They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not
- Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.
- About his altar, handling holy things
- That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper
- The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year
- a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
- They that handle the law knew me not
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- How wert thou handled being prisoner
- You shall see how I'll handle her
- We will handle what persons are apt to envy others
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