sort vs antitype

antitype vs sort

sort and antitype both are nouns.

sort is a verb but antitype is not a verb.

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

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

sort: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
antitype: an opposite or contrasting type

Other hyponyms of sort include description, type, art form, style, flavor, flavour, color, colour, species, genus, brand, make, genre, ilk, like, manner, model, stripe, like, the like, the likes of.

sort (noun)	antitype (noun)
an approximate definition or example	a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality	an opposite or contrasting type
a person of a particular character or nature
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

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

Difference between sort and antitype

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