Difference between Assignment and Assessment

What is the difference between Assignment and Assessment?

Assignment as a noun is the act of assigning, or an assigned task while Assessment as a noun is the act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

Assignment

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the act of assigning, or an assigned task a position to which someone is assigned a task given to students, homework or coursework a transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer an operation that assigns a value to a variable

Assessment

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.An appraisal or evaluation.

We hope you now know whether to use Assignment or Assessment in your sentence.

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