assignment vs shore duty

shore duty vs assignment

assignment and shore duty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assignment	Yes	No	No	No
shore duty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shore duty is a hyponym of assignment; that is, shore duty 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)
shore duty: naval service at land bases

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

assignment (noun)	shore duty (noun)
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)	naval service at land bases
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
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 shore duty

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