classification vs assessment

assessment vs classification

classification and assessment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
classification	Yes	No	No	No
assessment	Yes	No	No	No

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

classification: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
assessment: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

Other hyponyms of classification include coordination, appraisal, ascription, attribution, ascription, attribution, cross-classification, cross-division, subsumption.

classification (noun)	assessment (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type	the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people	the market value set on assets
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories	the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
a group of people or things arranged by class or category	an amount determined as payable

Difference between classification and assessment

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