devolve vs assign

devolve and assign both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
devolve	No	No	Yes	No
assign	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, assign is a hypernym of devolve; that is, assign is a word with a broader meaning than devolve:

devolve: pass on or delegate to another
assign: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of devolve include delegate, depute, designate.

devolve (verb)	assign (verb)
grow progressively worse	select something or someone for a specific purpose
be inherited by	attribute or credit to
pass on or delegate to another	decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
	attribute or give
	transfer one's right to
	give out
	make undue claims to having
	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)