A “category” refers to a group or subgroup of things that share certain characteristics. The Cambridge Dictionaryprovides the following definitions for this term: 1. (in a system fo… See more

A “type” refers to something that shares characteristics with another thing and can therefore be classified in relation to that other thing. The Cambridge Dictionarydefi… See more

Technically, you could have a type of category or a “category type” as the case may be. Since a category is a grouping of things based on their features, it’s technically … See more

A look at the Google Ngram Viewershows that “type” is used far more in English than “category”. This has been the case for over a century! The fact that “type” is a smaller, simpler wor… See more