lift vs assist

lift and assist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lift	Yes	No	Yes	No
assist	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, assist is a hypernym of lift; that is, assist is a word with a broader meaning than lift:

lift: the act of giving temporary assistance
assist: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

Other hypernyms of lift include aid, assistance, help.

lift (noun)	assist (noun)
the act of raising something	(sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised	the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
the act of giving temporary assistance
a ride in a car
transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
the event of something being raised upward
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity

lift (verb)	assist (verb)
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face	act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
remove from a surface	work for, or be a servant to
put an end to	give help or assistance; be of service
remove (hair) by scalping
rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
invigorate or heighten
raise in rank or condition
remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
take off or away by decreasing
cancel officially
call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
make audible
take hold of something and move it to a different location
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
take (root crops) out of the ground
fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
raise from a lower to a higher position
move upwards
move upward
make off with belongings of others
take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
pay off (a mortgage)
take illegally
rise up