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Appreciation vs Assessment - What's the difference?

appreciation | assessment |

As nouns the difference between appreciation and assessment

is that appreciation is appreciation while assessment is the act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.

appreciation

English

Noun

  • A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
    • The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
  • Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors.
    • His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. —J. R. Green.
  • A rise in value;—opposed to depreciation.

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    assessment

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia assessment) (en noun)
  • The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
  • An appraisal or evaluation.