assignment vs mission

mission vs assignment

assignment and mission both are nouns.

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

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

assignment: a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
mission: a special assignment that is given to a person or group

Other hyponyms of assignment include guard, guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go, fatigue, fatigue duty, charge, commission, reassignment, sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty, shore duty.

assignment (noun)	mission (noun)
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)	a special assignment that is given to a person or group
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons	the organized work of a religious missionary
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)	a group of representatives or delegates
the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another	an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Difference between assignment and mission

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