classification vs stratification

classification and stratification both are nouns.

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

As nouns, stratification is a hyponym of classification; that is, stratification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than classification:

classification: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
stratification: the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

Other hyponyms of classification include indexing, reclassification, relegation, taxonomy, typology, hierarchisation, hierarchization.

classification (noun)	stratification (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type	the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people	the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories	a layered configuration
a group of people or things arranged by class or category	forming or depositing in layers
	the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group

classification vs stratification

classification and stratification both are nouns.

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