assess vs pass judgment

assess and pass judgment both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assess	No	No	Yes	No
pass judgment	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pass judgment is a hypernym of assess; that is, pass judgment is a word with a broader meaning than assess:

assess: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
pass judgment: form a critical opinion of

Other hypernyms of assess include evaluate, judge.

assess (verb)	pass judgment (verb)
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of	form a critical opinion of
estimate the value of (property) for taxation
set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine