accredit vs assign

accredit and assign both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accredit	No	No	Yes	No
assign	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, assign is a hypernym of accredit; that is, assign is a word with a broader meaning than accredit:

Other hypernyms of accredit include ascribe, attribute, impute.

accredit (verb)	assign (verb)
ascribe an achievement to	select something or someone for a specific purpose
grant credentials to	attribute or credit to
provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials	decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
	attribute or give
	transfer one's right to
	give out
	make undue claims to having
	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)