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 groupi

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