assign vs dish out

assign and dish out both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assign	No	No	Yes	No
dish out	No	No	Yes	No

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

assign (verb)	dish out (verb)
select something or someone for a specific purpose	provide (usually but not necessarily food)
attribute or credit to	administer or bestow, as in small portions
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
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)