Allocate vs Assignment - What's the difference?
allocate | assignment |
To set aside for a purpose
To distribute according to a plan, generally followed by the adposition "to"
(computing) To declare a section of the memory to be used by the program.
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
An assigned task.
A position to which someone is assigned.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.
(legal) A document that effects this transfer.
(computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
In computing terms the difference between allocate and assignment
is that allocate is to declare a section of the memory to be used by the program while assignment is an operation that assigns a value to a variable.As a verb allocate
is to set aside for a purpose.As a noun assignment is
the act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.allocate
English
Verb
(allocat)- The bulk of K–12 education funds are allocated to school districts that in turn pay for the cost of operating schools.
Antonyms
* (declare a section of memory) free, deallocateassignment
English
(wikipedia assignment)Noun
(en noun)- This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
- Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
- Mrs Smith gave out our assignments , and said we had to finish them by Monday.
- The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
- Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
