Access vs. Assess: Know the Difference

A means of approaching, entering, exiting, communicating with, or making use of

To determine the value, significance, or extent of; appraise.

The ability or right to approach, enter, exit, communicate with, or make use of

To estimate the value of (property) for taxation.

Public access.

To set or determine the amount of (a payment, such as a tax or fine).

An increase by addition.

To charge (a person or property) with a special payment, such as a tax or fine.

An outburst or onset

(Sports) To charge (a player, coach, or team) with a foul or penalty.

To obtain access to, especially by computer

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate

(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

(transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.

(uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.

(transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity.

(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

(uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.

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.

(uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.

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.

An increase by addition; accession

To fix or determine the rate or amount of.

(countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.

Place a value on; judge the worth of something;

(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.

Charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.

Set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

The process of locating data in memory.

Estimate the value of (property) for taxation;

Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.

Or assent.

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

To have access to (data).

A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.

The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land.

Admission to sexual intercourse.

Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]

An onset, attack, or fit of disease.

A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury.

The right to enter

The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

A way of entering or leaving;

(computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

The act of approaching or entering;

Obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

Reach or gain access to;