upgrade vs assign

assign vs upgrade

upgrade is a noun but assign is not a noun.

upgrade and assign both are verbs.

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

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

upgrade: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
assign: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Other hypernyms of upgrade include delegate, depute, designate.

upgrade (noun)	assign (noun)
the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
a reservation that is improved
software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

upgrade (verb)	assign (verb)
to improve what was old or outdated	select something or someone for a specific purpose
give better travel conditions to	attribute or credit to
get better travel conditions	decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
rate higher; raise in value or esteem	attribute or give
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position	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)

Difference between upgrade and assign

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