if anything vs sort of

if anything

adv
  • Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied). 

  • Used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer. 

sort of

adv
  • Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat. 

How often have the words if anything and sort of occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )