assign vs personify

assign and personify both are verbs.

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

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

assign (verb)	personify (verb)
select something or someone for a specific purpose	attribute human qualities to something
attribute or credit to	represent, as of a character on stage
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme	invest with or as with a body; give body to
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)