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Discovering the differences among some interesting words

1. Kind, sort, and type

Very often it makes no difference which of these words we use. But good dictionaries point out some subtle differences. In fact, sometimes only one of these words is correct. For example, it would be wrong to use ’sort’ or ‘kind’ in sentence 1 below.

Compare these three English sentences:

1. What is your blood type?
(Expected answer is a precise named category.)

2. What sort of prices do they charge?
(Expected answer is a description rather than a named category.)

3. What kind of dog is that?
(Probable answer is a named category, but not necessarily as precise as 1 above.
A descriptive answer is also possible.)

So you should remember that:

• ‘type‘ usually means a precisely defined category.

• ‘sort‘ is more general, often about character rather than definition and can be used in a negative way e.g. What sort of person would do a terrible thing like that?

• ‘kind‘ is about half way between, usually referring to large categories or families of things that are naturally related.

=> Note that ‘type’ cannot be used as a hedge phrase, as in ‘She’s a bit sort of (or kind of) upset about it.’

2. Home and House

"Home is where the heart is." A house is just a roof over your head which is not an apartment or a condo or what not. It's only a home if you make it yours.

Another explaination:

Home:- A home could be any place where u live. its a structure of any thing, and it
and it does not create any income to its owner, and there is no tax liablity
on the owner of the home.
House :- When a home started to giving income to its owner it is called house.
" a house, is a another type of home which creats income to the owner
and this income is taxable under house property tax.