classification vs grouping

grouping vs classification

classification and grouping both are nouns.

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

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

classification: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
grouping: the activity of putting things together in groups

classification (noun)	grouping (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type	any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people	the activity of putting things together in groups
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories	a system for classifying things into groups
a group of people or things arranged by class or category

Difference between classification and grouping

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