kind

type, kind, sort, nature, description, character mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities. type may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group.

• • one of three basic body types

kind may suggest natural grouping.

• • a zoo seemingly having animals of every kind

sort often suggests some disparagement.

• • the sort of newspaper dealing in sensational stories

nature may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious or superficial likenesses.

• • two problems of a similar nature

description implies a group marked by agreement in all details belonging to a type as described or defined.

• • not all acts of that description are actually illegal

character implies a group marked by distinctive likenesses peculiar to the type.

• • research on the subject so far has been of an elementary character