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Assessment vs Inspection - What's the difference?

assessment | inspection |

As nouns the difference between assessment and inspection

is that assessment is the act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed while inspection is act of examining something, often closely.

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.
  • inspection

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enspection * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of examining something, often closely.
  • Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
  • Organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
  • The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

    Synonyms

    * examination * scrutiny

    Anagrams

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