assign vs set aside

assign and set aside both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assign	No	No	Yes	No
set aside	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of assign include allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, allocate, apportion.

assign (verb)	set aside (verb)
select something or someone for a specific purpose	make inoperative or stop
attribute or credit to	give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme	annul (a legal decision)
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)