Difference between Sort and Sorting

What is the difference between Sort and Sorting?

Sort as a noun is a general type. while Sorting as a noun is ordering

Sort

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A general type. group, company. A person. An act of sorting. An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order. A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To separate according to certain criteria. To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically. To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.

Example sentence: Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Sorting

Part of speech: noun

Definition: orderingcategorizing

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

Example sentence: I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it.

We hope you now know whether to use Sort or Sorting in your sentence.

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