assault vs barrage

assault and barrage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assault	Yes	No	Yes	No
barrage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, barrage is a hyponym of assault; that is, barrage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assault:

Other hyponyms of assault include abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout, claw, vitriol, rip, whang, bombard, blister, scald, scorch, whip, rubbish.

assault (noun)	barrage (noun)
close fighting during the culmination of a military attack	the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped	the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

assault (verb)	barrage (verb)
attack in speech or writing	address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
attack someone physically or emotionally
force (someone) to have sex against their will