sort vs style

sort and style both are nouns.

sort and style both are verbs.

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

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

sort: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
style: a particular kind (as to appearance)

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

sort (noun)	style (noun)
an approximate definition or example	a slender bristlelike or tubular process
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality	a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
a person of a particular character or nature	how something is done or how it happens
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion	distinctive and stylish elegance
	the popular taste at a given time
	a particular kind (as to appearance)
	a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
	editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
	(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

sort (verb)	style (verb)
arrange or order by classes or categories	designate by an identifying term
examine in order to test suitability	make consistent with certain rules of style
	make consistent with a certain fashion or style

Difference between sort and style

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