allocation vs assignment

allocation

noun
  • That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement. 

  • Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendents to a particular cell type or body region 

  • The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources. 

assignment

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

  • A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another. 

  • A document that effects this transfer. 

  • An assigned task. 

  • The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex. 

  • An operation that assigns a value to a variable. 

  • A position to which someone is assigned. 

  • A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. 

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

How often have the words allocation and assignment occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )