Homework vs. Assignment

Homeworknoun

Work that is done at home, especially school exercises assigned by a teacher.

Homeworknoun

Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research.

Homeworknoun

(uncommon) Housework.

Homeworknoun

preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).

Homeworknoun

Studies or other preparatory work done prior to some activity; - usually used of preparations for activities of significance or consequence for the performer; as, the candidate didn't do her homework well and was outclassed in the debate.

Homeworknoun

Paid work done at home, especially piecework.

Homeworknoun

preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

Homework

Homework, or a homework assignment, is a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the classroom. Common homework assignments may include required reading, a writing or typing project, mathematical exercises to be completed, information to be reviewed before a test, or other skills to be practiced.

Assignmentnoun

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

Assignmentnoun

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

Assignmentnoun

An assigned task.

Assignmentnoun

A position to which someone is assigned.

Assignmentnoun

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

Assignmentnoun

(legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.

Assignmentnoun

(legal) A document that effects this transfer.

Assignmentnoun

(computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Assignmentnoun

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

Assignmentnoun

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

Assignmentnoun

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces);

Assignmentnoun

the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

Assignmentnoun

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons;

Assignmentnoun

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Assignmentnoun

an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

Assignmentnoun

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position;