assign vs administer

assign and administer both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of assign include allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out.

assign (verb)	administer (verb)
select something or someone for a specific purpose	give or apply (medications)
attribute or credit to	administer or bestow, as in small portions
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme	perform (a church sacrament) ritually
attribute or give	work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
transfer one's right to	direct the taking of
give out
make undue claims to having
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)