assignment vs stint

assignment

noun
  • An assigned task. 

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

  • A document that effects this transfer. 

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

  • 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. 

stint

noun
  • Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. 

  • Limit; bound; restraint; extent. 

  • Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling. 

  • A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. 

verb
  • To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent. 

  • To impregnate successfully; to get with foal. 

  • To be sparing or mean. 

  • To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance. 

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