"ordering" means arranging things in order by some metric.

"sorting" means assigning things into bins (which are usually ordered).

This is news to me. Source?

	▲	nh23423fefe 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"The children were sorted in to two lines by gender then ordered by height" You might substitute "sorted by height" but its certainly not a correction. While "ordered into lines" would be an error.
	▲	ninalanyon an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The sorting office for a postal service.
	▲	thom 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What do you do when you sort your washing?