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Sorting vs Separating - What's the difference?

sorting | separating |

As verbs the difference between sorting and separating

is that sorting is while separating is .

As nouns the difference between sorting and separating

is that sorting is (senseid)ordering while separating is an instance of separating.

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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    separating

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of separating.
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