Sorting
Part of speech: noun
Definition: ordering categorizing
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
Example sentence: For sure, the American people have access to more information now than any other people who have ever lived on earth. And I think we do a pretty good job of sorting out what's important.
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: It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.