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Assignment vs Assignation - What's the difference?

assignment | assignation |

As nouns the difference between assignment and assignation

is that assignment is the act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks while assignation is an appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.

assignment

English

(wikipedia assignment)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
    • This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
  • The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
    • We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
  • An assigned task.
    • The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
  • A position to which someone is assigned.
    • Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
  • (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
    • Mrs Smith gave out our assignments , and said we had to finish them by Monday.
  • (legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.
    • The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
  • (legal) A document that effects this transfer.
    • Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
  • (computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

    • assignation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.
    1749' ''As soon as Mr. Barville saw me, he got up, with a visible air of pleasure and surprize, and saluting me, asked Mrs. Cole if it was possible that so fine and delicate a creature would voluntarily submit to such sufferings and rigours as were the subject of his '''assignation . — John Cleland, '' Memoirs of Fanny Hill.
  • The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
  • * Holland
    • This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.
  • A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

    • Usage notes

    Modern usage confines the word to mean an agreed-upon place for illicit sex, but earlier usage is broader, and considerably more innocent.

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