critical analysis vs assessment

critical analysis and assessment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
critical analysis	Yes	No	No	No
assessment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assessment is a hypernym of critical analysis; that is, assessment is a word with a broader meaning than critical analysis:

critical analysis: an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation
assessment: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth

Other hypernyms of critical analysis include appraisal.

critical analysis (noun)	assessment (noun)
an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation	the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
	the market value set on assets
	the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
	an amount determined as payable