 Re: When use "sort of" and when "kind of"?
They mean more or less the same. There are regional variations; I use 'sort of' much more than 'kind of', but I know many native speakers who use 'kind of' for preference; I've heard some Scots who drop /kena/ into sentences whenever they want to play down any possible emphasis; (this is not standard, of course).
About 40/50 years ago, I regarded 'kind of' as an Americanism; but the difference in usage is not that clear cut.
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