What's the difference between Alignment and Assignment?

Profit. co proposes  OKRs alignment from top-down and bottom-up in a few different ways.

When an Individual, Department OKR are in aligned, it signifies that they either directly or indirectly contribute to the attainment of aligned high level OKR.

Similarly, assigning OKRs to Individuals and Depatments helps establish priorities, maintain focus, and advance the mission to guide everyone toward accomplishing key results.