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Assistant professor vs Associate professor

What's the difference between an associate professor and an assistant professor? What can one of them do that the other can't? and which is a higher level? can any of them supervise a PhD student?
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What are some guidelines to keep in mind when selecting members of one's PhD committee?

Especially if they are on a committee that determines what topics are on your prelims? (I do intend this to be a generalizable question useful for people with different student-selected committee ...