sorting vs attribution

sorting and attribution both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sorting	Yes	No	No	No
attribution	Yes	No	No	No

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

sorting: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
attribution: assigning to a cause or source

sorting (noun)	attribution (noun)
grouping by class or kind or size	assigning to a cause or source
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories	assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion