relegation vs assortment

relegation and assortment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
relegation	Yes	No	No	No
assortment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assortment is a hypernym of relegation; that is, assortment is a word with a broader meaning than relegation:

relegation: the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category
assortment: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type

relegation (noun)	assortment (noun)
authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions	the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category