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Partition vs Assignment - What's the difference?

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Partition is a synonym of assignment.


As nouns the difference between partition and assignment

is that partition is partition (section of a hard disk separately formatted) while assignment is the act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

partition

English

(wikipedia partition)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And good from bad find no partition .
  • A part of something that has been divided.
  • The division of a territory into two or more autonomous ones.
    • ''Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening trough parcellation and civil wars between the heirs
  • A vertical structure that divides a room.
    • a brick partition'''; lath and plaster '''partitions
  • That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; boundary; dividing line or space.
  • * Dryden
    • No sight could pass / Betwixt the nice partitions of the grass.
  • A part divided off by walls; an apartment; a compartment.
  • * Milton
    • Lodged in a small partition .
  • (legal) The severance of common or undivided interests, particularly in real estate. It may be effected by consent of parties, or by compulsion of law.
  • (computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.
  • (databases) A division of a database or one of its constituting elements such as tables into separate independent parts.
  • (set theory) A collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself (i.e. all elements of the set are contained in exactly one of the subsets).
  • (music) A musical score.

    • Usage notes

    * (set theory) The elements of the collection are sometimes called the blocks or parts of the partition.

    Synonyms

    * dismemberment

    Derived terms

    * equipartition

    Related terms

    * partite

    Verb

    (en verb) (transitive)
  • To divide something into parts, sections or shares
  • To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status
  • To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off

    • Synonyms

    * dismember

    Derived terms

    * partitioner * partitionist

    Related terms

    * partner

    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.