Sort vs. Sorted — What's the Difference?

A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind. See Usage Note at kind2.

A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind. See Usage Note at kind2.

Character or nature

Character or nature

One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another

One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another

A person; an individual

A person; an individual

(Computers) An operation that arranges data in a specified way

(Computers) An operation that arranges data in a specified way

(Archaic) A way of acting or behaving

(Archaic) A way of acting or behaving

To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify

To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify

To separate from others

To separate from others

To make a search or examination of a collection of things

To make a search or examination of a collection of things

To be or become arranged in a certain way.

To be or become arranged in a certain way.

A general type.

Simple past tense and past participle of sort

Manner; form of being or acting.

Put into some order by sorting.

(obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.

In good order, under control.

(informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).

In possession of a sufficient supply, especially of narcotics.

(dated) Group, company.

A general expression of approval or completion

A good-looking woman.

Arranged according to size

An act of sorting.

Arranged into groups

(computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

(typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

(mathematics) A type.

(obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.

(obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.

(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

(transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

(transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

(intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

(intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).

To attack physically.

(transitive) To geld.

Chance; lot; destiny.

A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.

Manner; form of being or acting.

Condition above the vulgar; rank.

A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.

A pair; a set; a suit.

Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.

To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.

To reduce to order from a confused state.

To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality;

An approximate definition or example;

A person of a particular character or nature;

An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion;

Examine in order to test suitability;

Arrange or order by classes or categories;