sort vs species

species vs sort

sort and species both are nouns.

sort is a verb but species is not a verb.

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

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

sort: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
species: a specific kind of something

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

sort (noun)	species (noun)
an approximate definition or example	a specific kind of something
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality	(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
a person of a particular character or nature
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

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

Difference between sort and species

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