What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Ensemble vs Assembly - What's the difference?

ensemble | assembly |

As nouns the difference between ensemble and assembly

is that ensemble is a group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole while assembly is a set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

As a proper noun Assembly is

the lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States, ("the Assembly").

ensemble

English

Noun

(wikipedia ensemble) (en noun)
  • a group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole
  • a coordinated costume or outfit; a suit
  • a group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
    • On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.
  • (music) a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists

    • Derived terms

    * ensemblist * subensemble

    assembly

    English

    Noun

    (Freedom of assembly) (assemblies)
  • A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
    • ''In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly .
  • The act of putting together such set of pieces.
    • ''instructions for assembly
    assembly line
  • A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
    • school assembly
    freedom of assembly
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • A legislative body.
    • the of the United Nations
  • (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
  • (computing)
  • (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

    • Synonyms

    * (congregation of people) foregathering