Assignment vs. Assessment

Assignment vs. Assessment — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Assignment and Assessment

Assignmentnoun

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.

Assessmentnoun

The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

Assignmentnoun

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

Assessmentnoun

An appraisal or evaluation.

Assignmentnoun

An assigned task.

The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

Assessmentnoun

the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

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Assignmentnoun

A position to which someone is assigned.

Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

Assessmentnoun

an amount determined as payable;

the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership

Assignmentnoun

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.

Assessmentnoun

the market value set on assets

Assignmentnoun

(legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.

The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

Assessmentnoun

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event;

they criticized my judgment of the contestants
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Assignmentnoun

(legal) A document that effects this transfer.

Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

Assignmentnoun

(computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Assignmentnoun

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);

hazardous duty

Assignmentnoun

the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

Assignmentnoun

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons;

the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum

Assignmentnoun

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Assignmentnoun

an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

Assignmentnoun

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;

the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee