assignment vs recognition

assignment and recognition both are nouns.

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

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

assignment: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
recognition: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

Other hyponyms of assignment include nomination, co-optation, co-option, delegacy, ordinance, ordination.

assignment (noun)	recognition (noun)
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)	designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position	the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons	an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)	coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another	approval
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance	the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
	(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

assignment vs recognition

assignment and recognition both are nouns.

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