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Subtype vs Subcategory - What's the difference?

subtype | subcategory |

As nouns the difference between subtype and subcategory

is that subtype is a group of specific things within a larger, more general group while subcategory is with respect to a given category, a more narrow category.

As a verb subtype

is to categorise as a subtype.

subtype

English

Noun

(wikipedia subtype) (en noun)
  • A group of specific things within a larger, more general group.
  • (computing) The data type represented by a subclass.

    • Verb

    (subtyp)
  • To categorise as a subtype.

    • Synonyms

    * subclassify

    subcategory

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sub-category

    Noun

    (subcategories)
  • With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
  • (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's

    • Synonyms

    * child category

    Antonyms

    * supercategory