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Originally Posted by Konakaga
I think the difference is by the method of crime rather than the target, since assassination is generally done in such a way to leave as little evidence as possible.
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Actually, while that method is the dominant descriptor in an assassination, it's only used when a high profile figure ends up becoming the victim. Assassinations are silent kills that are completely unexpected and often revolves around political reasonings, both by hire or for personal reasons.
In a way, the crime comes pretty close to a first-degree murder as those can be silently carried out as well, but murder seems to be the civilian level terminology for it- something the judicial system uses. It's why people like John F. Kennedy was "assassinated" while a civilian being strangled in their sleep by another would be called "first-degree murder" or "premeditated murder". I guess the word "assassination" carries more weight overall since it affects a large amount of the populous once they are gone, like with Julius Caesar and John Lennon.
In order of importance, I don't think that's something us "civilians" can decipher. Those higher up split us apart and basically decide when someone's important enough, since it's all media garbage. Apparently us dying wouldn't be as important.