Difference between Specify and Assign

SPECIFY vs ASSIGN: NOUN

An assignee.
Assignment; appointment.
Design; purpose; object.
A person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred: as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
[Assign is a broader word than assignee. The assignees of a person are usually understood to mean those who take immediately from him, by his assignment; the assigns of a person include all who acquire title under his transfer, immediately or remotely.]
A thing pertaining to something else; an appurtenance; an appendage.
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred.
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

Define clearly
Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
Design or destine
Select something or someone for a specific purpose
Be specific about
Determine the essential quality of
To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
To bring about a specific result.
Decide upon or fix definitely

To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.

To determine or bring about (a specific result).
To include in a specification.
To state explicitly or in detail.
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things.

To match or pair with.
To give out as a task; allot.
To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: : allocate.
To select for a duty or office; appoint: : appoint.
To ascribe; attribute: : attribute.
To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly
To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
To set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate.

Synonyms To indicate, particularize, individualize.
To make specific; give a specific character to; distinguish as of a species or kind.
To mention specifically or explicitly; state exactly or in detail; name distinctly: as, to specify the persons concerned in a given act; to specify one's wants, or articles required.
To name as a requisite, as in technical specifications; set down in a specification.

To set apart; make over by distribution or appropriation; apportion; allot.
To point out; show; designate; specify.
To give, furnish, or specify: as, to assign a reason for anything.
To appoint; select for a duty or office: as, the officer assigned to the charge of a military department.
To ascribe; attribute; refer.
In law: To transfer or make over to another the right one has in any object, as in an estate, chose in action, or reversion, especially in trust for the security of creditors: rarely applied to testamentary transfers. To show or set forth with particularity: as, to assign error in a writ; to assign false judgment, To point out or substantiate as a charge: as, perjury cannot be assigned on an oath taken without the jurisdiction of the officer administering it.
Adduce, Allege, etc. (see adduce); to determine, give, name, present.

Narrow, Condition, Set, Specialize, Fix, Qualify, Delineate, Intend, Delimit, Particularize, Designate, Assign, Define, Determine, Stipulate

Allocate, Categorize, Reassign, Set apart, Portion, Delegate, Depute, Put, Attribute, Specify, Arrogate, Impute, Allot, Ascribe, Designate

Narrow down, Narrow, Condition, Set, Fix, Qualify, Delineate, Intend, Delimit, Particularize, Designate, Assign, Define, Determine, Stipulate

Appoint, Classify, Allocate, Categorize, Reassign, Set apart, Portion, Delegate, Depute, Put, Specify, Arrogate, Allot, Ascribe, Designate

You must specify size for a RAW value.
The Specify Objects option is selected by default.
Optionally specify a subset of columns to compare.
Regression Object Manager to specify two additional cases.
In the text column, you need to specify the variable name and in the Value column, you need to specify variable values.
The permit will specify the background values for each constituent or specify the procedures to be used to calculate the background values.
The request shall specify the diameters of the temporary telescoping casing, and shall specify the shafts where use is requested.
When you submit the import process, you must specify a source and you can optionally specify a group.
You must specify this value if you specify the access key ID.
Specify Testing Authority: HHS NRC Specify DOT Agency: FMCSA FAA FRA FTA PHMSA USCG.

Your teacher will assign you an energy source.
In the Assign Macro dialog box, click Edit.
You can assign a particular style to headings.
If you assign more than one zone name, the first name you assign is the default zone.
Basically assign them tasks that require linguistic and cultural understanding, and assign yourself tasks that require more hard skills.
You must assign at least one role to a new user and you may optionally assign one or more supervisors.
However, users may assign null values to columns for which they do not want to assign a value.
If approved, CMD will assign a new suspense in CATMS, and assign to the new OPR.
This video provides information regarding how to create a test session, assign tests, and assign accommodations.
You can assign an alternate user by clicking the Assign button.