Assignment vs. Project

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

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.

Projectnoun

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

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.

Projectnoun

An urban low-income housing building.

Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.

Assignmentnoun

An assigned task.

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

Projectnoun

(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.

a man given to projects
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Assignmentnoun

A position to which someone is assigned.

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

Projectnoun

(obsolete) A projectile.

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.

Projectnoun

(obsolete) A projection.

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.

Projectnoun

(obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.

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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.

Projectverb

(intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.

Assignmentnoun

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

Projectverb

(transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.

Assignmentnoun

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

hazardous duty

Projectverb

(transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.

Assignmentnoun

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

Projectverb

(transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.

The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.

Assignmentnoun

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons;

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

Projectverb

To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.

Assignmentnoun

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Projectverb

To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.

Assignmentnoun

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

Projectverb

(cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

Assignmentnoun

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

the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

Projectnoun

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;

he prepared for great undertakings

Projectnoun

a planned undertaking

Projectverb

communicate vividly;

He projected his feelings

Projectverb

extend out or project in space;

His sharp nose jutted outA single rock sticks out from the cliff

Projectverb

transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another

Projectverb

project on a screen;

The images are projected onto the screen

Projectverb

cause to be heard;

His voice projects well

Projectverb

draw a projection of

Projectverb

make or work out a plan for; devise;

They contrived to murder their bossdesign a new sales strategyplan an attack

Projectverb

present for consideration

Projectverb

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

I can't see him on horseback!I can see what will happenI can see a risk in this strategy

Projectverb

put or send forth;

She threw the flashlight beam into the cornerThe setting sun threw long shadowscast a spellcast a warm light

Projectverb

throw, send, or cast forward;

project a missile

Projectverb

regard as objective