stereotype vs sort

stereotype and sort both are nouns.

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

As verbs, sort is a hypernym of stereotype; that is, sort is a word with a broader meaning than stereotype:

Other hypernyms of stereotype include assort, class, classify, separate, sort out.

stereotype (noun)	sort (noun)
a conventional or formulaic conception or image	an approximate definition or example
	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

stereotype (verb)	sort (verb)
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype	arrange or order by classes or categories
	examine in order to test suitability