different between separation vs assignment

English

Etymology

Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; borrowed from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem.Morphologically separate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?p???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

separation (countable and uncountable, plural separations)

1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.

   Synonyms: detachment, disjunction, division, rupture, severance; see also Thesaurus:separation

   Antonyms: annexation, combination, unification; see also Thesaurus:junction

2. The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
3. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
   1. (law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.

      Synonym: divorce from bed and board
4. The place at which a division occurs.

   Synonyms: border, boundary, demarcation
5. An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.

   Synonyms: break, interstice; see also Thesaurus:interspace
6. An object that separates two spaces.

   Synonyms: barrier, separator
7. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

Derived terms

See also

• division
• fission

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “separation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• antioperas, asperation

English

Etymology

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement.

Pronunciation

Noun

assignment (countable and uncountable, plural assignments)

1. 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.

2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

   We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

3. An assigned task.

   The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

4. A position to which someone is assigned.

   Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

5. (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.

6. (law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

   The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

7. (law) 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.

8. (programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Hyponyms

• (programming): augmented assignment

Translations

References

• assignment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia