What kind vs what type

Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? Finally , at last , lastly or in the end? First , firstly or at first?

Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next?

Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of?

Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? See Comment 10 above. Hi there!! Im still confused about the difference between kind and type.

Could anyone Explain it to me a little more? So for example what kind of salt would you like to use..? Which one i should use kind or type? I will really appreciate for your help. Hi Ann. Thanks for the interesting topic. However , I found the following clarification about type and kind which makes me somewhat confused. Please could you kindly advised me whether my understanding about type and kind is correct? To exemplify: If I were to ask you what kind of car do you drive?

You may answer: I drive say Mitshubishi Lancer However, if I were to ask instead what type of car do you drive? You would answer: a sedan. Therefore Type refers to a broader group , whereas kind implies a more specific category in a generalized group. My understanding is as followed : There are some types of food : Vegies , meat , cereal grain….

Am I correct? Thanks for your kind response. Ruby p. Written by : Jecinta Morgan. University Park Press, User assumes all risk of use, damage, or injury. You agree that we have no liability for any damages. Sentence Examples This type of phone has become famous due to its substantial internal memory capacity singular. These types of phones have become famous due to its huge internal memory capacity Plural. Sentence Examples What kind of phone is this?

Alternatively, the sentence would have read; What sort of phone is this? Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size. Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics. Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical. A word that occurs in a text or corpus irrespective of how many times it occurs, as opposed to a token. An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.

A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type. The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.

A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived. A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory.