Assignment vs Handout - What's the difference?
assignment | handout |
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
An assigned task.
A position to which someone is assigned.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.
(legal) A document that effects this transfer.
(computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
(senseid)A gift to the poor or needy.
A gift, something given without effort
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As nouns the difference between assignment and handout
is that assignment is the act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks while handout is a worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.assignment
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(wikipedia assignment)Noun
(en noun)- This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
- Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
- Mrs Smith gave out our assignments , and said we had to finish them by Monday.
- The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
- Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
handout
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Noun
(en noun)- It's a place to get a hand up, not a handout .
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- They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts .