Designation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.
Example sentence: Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It's about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.
Assignment
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of assigning, or an assigned taska position to which someone is assigneda task given to students, homework or courseworka transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transferan operation that assigns a value to a variable
Example sentence: Not long after I was married, World War II began. My husband John volunteered for the Navy and was sent to Pensacola for training as a Naval Combat Air Crew photographer. It seemed a strange assignment for a young newspaper editor and writer, already exempt, but off he went, saying goodbye to our 18-month-old Johnny and me.