appanage vs assignment

assignment vs appanage

appanage and assignment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
appanage	Yes	No	No	No
assignment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assignment is a hypernym of appanage; that is, assignment is a word with a broader meaning than appanage:

appanage: a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
assignment: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Other hypernyms of appanage include grant.

appanage (noun)	assignment (noun)
a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family	a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life	the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
	the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
	an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
	the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
	(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Difference between appanage and assignment

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