assign vs choose

assign and choose both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of assign include pick out, select, take.

assign (verb)	choose (verb)
select something or someone for a specific purpose	pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
attribute or credit to	see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme	select as an alternative over another
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)