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categorisation vs reclassification

reclassification vs categorisation

categorisation and reclassification both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
categorisation Yes No No No
reclassification Yes No No No
As nouns, reclassification is a hyponym of categorisation; that is, reclassification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than categorisation:
  • categorisation: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
  • reclassification: classifying something again (usually in a new category)
Other hyponyms of categorisation include indexing, relegation, stratification, taxonomy, typology, hierarchisation, hierarchization.
categorisation (noun) reclassification (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type classifying something again (usually in a new category)
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
a group of people or things arranged by class or category
Difference between categorisation and reclassification

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