assignment vs appanage

appanage vs assignment

assignment and appanage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assignment	Yes	No	No	No
appanage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appanage is a hyponym of assignment; that is, appanage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than assignment:

assignment: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
appanage: a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family

Other hyponyms of assignment include apanage, land grant.

assignment (noun)	appanage (noun)
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)	a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Difference between assignment and appanage

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