Assess vs. Ascertain — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Assess and Ascertain
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Assess
To determine the value, significance, or extent of; appraise.
Ascertain
To discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation.
Assess
To estimate the value of (property) for taxation.
Ascertain
(Archaic) To make certain, definite, and precise.
Assess
To set or determine the amount of (a payment, such as a tax or fine).
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Ascertain
To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed.
Assess
To charge (a person or property) with a special payment, such as a tax or fine.
Ascertain
(obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
Assess
(Sports) To charge (a player, coach, or team) with a foul or penalty.
Ascertain
(archaic) To establish, to prove.
Assess
(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate
He assessed the situation.
Ascertain
(archaic) To ensure or effect.
Assess
(transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.
The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game.
A $10.00 late fee will be assessed on all overdue accounts.
Ascertain
To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained.
Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects.
Assess
(transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.
Once you've submitted a tax return, the Tax Department will assess the amount of tax you still owe.
Ascertain
To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine.
The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth.
The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation.
The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers.
The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation.
Assess
To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.
Ascertain
To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable.
Assess
To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.
Ascertain
After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;
Find the product of two numbers
The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
Assess
To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.
Ascertain
Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;
He verified that the valves were closed
See that the curtains are closed
Control the quality of the product
Assess
To fix or determine the rate or amount of.
This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act.
Ascertain
Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;
I want to see whether she speaks French
See whether it works
Find out if he speaks Russian
Check whether the train leaves on time
Assess
Place a value on; judge the worth of something;
I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional
Ascertain
Learn or discover with certainty
Assess
Charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
Assess
Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
Assess
Estimate the value of (property) for taxation;
Our house hasn't been assessed in years
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