assign vs devolve

assign and devolve both are verbs.

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

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

assign: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
devolve: pass on or delegate to another

assign (verb)	devolve (verb)
select something or someone for a specific purpose	grow progressively worse
attribute or credit to	be inherited by
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme	pass on or delegate to 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)