manner vs sort

manner and sort both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
manner	Yes	No	No	No
sort	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, sort is a hypernym of manner; that is, sort is a word with a broader meaning than manner:

manner: a kind
sort: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

Other hypernyms of manner include form, kind, variety.

manner (noun)	sort (noun)
a way of acting or behaving	an approximate definition or example
how something is done or how it happens	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
a kind	a person of a particular character or nature
	an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

manner (verb)	sort (verb)
	arrange or order by classes or categories
	examine in order to test suitability