sort vs manner

sort and manner both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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