appraisal vs classification

classification vs appraisal

appraisal and classification both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appraisal	Yes	No	No	No
classification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, classification is a hypernym of appraisal; that is, classification is a word with a broader meaning than appraisal:

appraisal: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
classification: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

Other hypernyms of appraisal include categorisation, categorization, sorting.

appraisal (noun)	classification (noun)
an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something	the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth	restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)	the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
	a group of people or things arranged by class or category

Difference between appraisal and classification

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