sort vs group

sort and group both are nouns.

sort and group both are verbs.

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

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

sort: arrange or order by classes or categories
group: arrange into a group or groups

Other hyponyms of sort include unitise, unitize, catalog, catalogue, isolate, refer, reclassify, size, dichotomise, dichotomize, pigeonhole, stamp, stereotype, grade, count, number.

sort (noun)	group (noun)
an approximate definition or example	any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality	a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse
a person of a particular character or nature	(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

sort (verb)	group (verb)
arrange or order by classes or categories	arrange into a group or groups
examine in order to test suitability	form a group or group together

Difference between sort and group

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