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Assignment vs Responsibility - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between assignment and responsibility

is that assignment is the act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks while responsibility is the state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.

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.

    • responsibility

    English

    Noun

    (responsibilities)
  • The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable.
    • Responsibility is a heavy burden.
  • A duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable.
    • Why didn't you clean the house? That was your responsibility !
    The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world -
  • (military) The obligation to carry forward an assigned task to a successful conclusion. With responsibility goes authority to direct and take the necessary action to ensure success. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
  • (military) The obligation for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property or funds entrusted to the possession or supervision of an individual. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).

    • Synonyms

    * responsibleness

    Related terms

    * respond * response * responsible * responsibly

    See also

    * accountability

    References

    * * * Feltus, C.; Petit, M. (2009). "Building a Responsibility Model Including Accountability, Capability and Commitment", Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security'', Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE ), Fukuoka, 2009. ''Building a Responsibility Model Including Accountability, Capability and Commitment