Difference between Assign and Attribute

What is the difference between Assign and Attribute?

Assign as a noun is an assignee. while Attribute as a noun is a characteristic or quality of a thing.

Assign

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An assignee.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To designate or set apart something for some purpose. To appoint or select someone for some office. To allot or give something as a task. To attribute or sort something into categories. To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.

Attribute

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (used with to before the object) To associate ownership or authorship with.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A characteristic or quality of a thing.A word that qualifies a noun.The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.An item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.

Example sentence: Work ethic is important because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, charisma, or any other natural attribute, it's a choice.

We hope you now know whether to use Assign or Attribute in your sentence.

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