assonance vs rhyme

assonance and rhyme both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assonance	Yes	No	No	No
rhyme	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, rhyme is a hypernym of assonance; that is, rhyme is a word with a broader meaning than assonance:

assonance: the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
rhyme: correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

Other hypernyms of assonance include rime.

assonance (noun)	rhyme (noun)
the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words	correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
	a piece of poetry

assonance (verb)	rhyme (verb)
	compose rhymes
	be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable