Classify vs Sorting - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between classify and sorting

is that classify is to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize while sorting is .

As a noun sorting is

(senseid)ordering.

classify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
  • to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

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    Antonyms

    * (to declare a secret) declassify

    Related terms

    * class * classification

    See also

    * arrange * distribute * rank

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    sorting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia sorting) (en noun)
  • (senseid)Ordering.
  • (senseid)Categorizing.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}

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