forum vs assembly

forum and assembly both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forum	Yes	No	No	No
assembly	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, forum and assembly are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of forum include meeting place.

forum (noun)	assembly (noun)
a public facility to meet for open discussion	the social act of assembling
a public meeting or assembly for open discussion	the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
	a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
	a public facility to meet for open discussion
	a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
	a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose