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Assessment vs Diagnostic - What's the difference?

assessment | diagnostic |

As nouns the difference between assessment and diagnostic

is that assessment is the act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed while diagnostic is a technique etc used in medical diagnosis.

As an adjective diagnostic is

of, or relating to diagnosis.

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.

    • diagnostic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * diagnostick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, or relating to diagnosis
  • characteristic of a particular disease

    • Hyponyms

    * pathognomonic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a technique etc. used in medical diagnosis
  • (computing) Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem

    • See also

    * diagnostics