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Noun category has 2 senses

class, category, family - a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
--₁ is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--₁ has members: superphylum
--₁ has particulars:

Larvacea, class Larvacea; Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda; Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca; grammatical category, syntactic category; substitution class, paradigm; stamp; sex; declension; conjugation; denomination

Derived form: verb categorize₁

category - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
--₂ is a kind of concept, conception, construct
--₂ has particulars:
kind, sort, form, variety; pigeonhole; rubric; way

Derived form: verb categorize₁