Access / Assess
Different meaningsAccess means enter, retrieve or use; assess means evaluate or judge. You can access a system in order to assess its performance.
Access
Use when
You mean enter, retrieve or use a place, system, service or information.
Example
“Only authorised officers may access the case records.”
Assess
Use when
You mean evaluate the quality, significance, value or risk of something.
Example
“The review team will assess the privacy risks before launch.”
Quick check
access the risk, access whether, assess the portal to submit
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