sort vs ilk

sort and ilk both are nouns.

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

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

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

sort (noun)	ilk (noun)
an approximate definition or example	a kind of person
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
a person of a particular character or nature
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

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