different between assign vs depute

English

Etymology

From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assign?, from ad- + sign? (“mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sa?n/
• Hyphenation: as?sign
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

assign (third-person singular simple present assigns, present participle assigning, simple past and past participle assigned)

1. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.

2. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.

3. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
   • Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

4. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
5. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
6. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.

Synonyms

• (set apart something for some purpose): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
• (transfer property): consign, convey; see also Thesaurus:transfer

Derived terms

• assignment
• assignable
• assignation

Translations

Noun

assign (plural assigns)

1. An assignee.
2. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
3. (obsolete) An assignment or appointment.
4. (obsolete) A design or purpose.

English

Etymology

From French députer, from Latin deputo.

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • IPA^(key): /d?.?pju?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• Noun:
  • IPA^(key): /?d?.pju?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

depute (third-person singular simple present deputes, present participle deputing, simple past and past participle deputed)

1. (obsolete) to assign (someone or something) to or for something
2. to delegate (a task, etc.) to a subordinate
   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 229:

     Will Wyatt having moved up a notch, the project was deputed to a second team of producers whose judgement I didn't trust.

3. to deputize (someone), appoint as deputy

   • There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
4. to appoint; to assign; to choose
   • c. 1675, Isaac Barrow, The Duty of Thanksgiving

     The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues.

Related terms

Noun

depute (plural deputes)

1. (Scotland) deputy

Anagrams

• teed up

Portuguese

Verb

depute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of deputar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of deputar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of deputar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of deputar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?pute/, [d?e?pu.t?e]

Verb

depute

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of deputar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of deputar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of deputar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of deputar.