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"ordering" means arranging things in order by some metric. "sorting" means assigning things into bins (which are usually ordered).

by myhf 7mo ago

emil-lp 7mo ago
This is news to me. Source?
- thom 7mo ago
  What do you do when you sort your washing?
- nh23423fefe 7mo ago
  "The children were sorted in to two lines by gender then ordered by height" You might substitute "sorted by height" but its certainly not a correction. While "ordered into lines" would be an error.
- ninalanyon 7mo ago
  The sorting office for a postal service.
- michaelt 7mo ago
  That's because it's not true. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordering https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordering Order - transitive verb - 1. to put in order : arrange - "The books are ordered alphabetically by author." noun - 4. b(1) the arrangement, organization, or sequence of objects or of events - "alphabetical/chronological/historical order" "listed the items in order of importance" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorting https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorting Sort - transitive verb - 1. to put in a certain place or rank according to characteristics - "sort the mail" "sorted the winners from the losers" "sorting the data alphabetically" noun - 5. an instance of sorting - "a numeric sort of a data file"
  - rkomorn 7mo ago
    I don't get how this disagrees with what GGP wrote.
- aGHz 7mo ago
  https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sort https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sort to put a number of things in an order or to separate them into groups: Paper, plastic, and cans are sorted for recycling. sort something into something I'm going to sort these old books into those to be kept and those to be thrown away. sort something by something You can use the computer to sort the newspaper articles alphabetically, by date, or by subject. sort (through) She found the ring while sorting (through) some clothes.

"ordering" means arranging things in order by some metric. "sorting" means assigning things into bins (which are usually ordered).

by myhf 7mo ago

"ordering" means arranging things in order by some metric. "sorting" means assigning things into bins (which are usually ordered).

emil-lp 7mo ago

This is news to me. Source?

thom 7mo ago
What do you do when you sort your washing?
nh23423fefe 7mo ago
"The children were sorted in to two lines by gender then ordered by height" You might substitute "sorted by height" but its certainly not a correction. While "ordered into lines" would be an error.
ninalanyon 7mo ago
The sorting office for a postal service.
michaelt 7mo ago
That's because it's not true. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordering https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordering Order - transitive verb - 1. to put in order : arrange - "The books are ordered alphabetically by author." noun - 4. b(1) the arrangement, organization, or sequence of objects or of events - "alphabetical/chronological/historical order" "listed the items in order of importance" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorting https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorting Sort - transitive verb - 1. to put in a certain place or rank according to characteristics - "sort the mail" "sorted the winners from the losers" "sorting the data alphabetically" noun - 5. an instance of sorting - "a numeric sort of a data file"
- rkomorn 7mo ago
  I don't get how this disagrees with what GGP wrote.
aGHz 7mo ago
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sort https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sort to put a number of things in an order or to separate them into groups: Paper, plastic, and cans are sorted for recycling. sort something into something I'm going to sort these old books into those to be kept and those to be thrown away. sort something by something You can use the computer to sort the newspaper articles alphabetically, by date, or by subject. sort (through) She found the ring while sorting (through) some clothes.