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Alloy vs Hodgepodge - What's the difference?

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Alloy is a related term of hodgepodge.


As nouns the difference between alloy and hodgepodge

is that alloy is a metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal while hodgepodge is a collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.

As a verb alloy

is to mix or combine; often used of metals.

alloy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) alai, from (etyl) aloi, from aloiier.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
  • An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
  • *, II.20:
    • Metrodorus said that in sadnesse there is some aloy of pleasure.
    Derived terms
    * superalloy

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To mix or combine; often used of metals.
  • To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
    • to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
  • (figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.
    • to alloy pleasure with misfortunes

    See also

    * (wikipedia "alloy") *

    Anagrams

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    hodgepodge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hodge-podge

    Noun

  • A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
    • His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge''' of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar '''hodgepodges .
  • * 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
    • Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, / And sorrow, and short as a bubble; / 'Tis a hodge-podge of business, and money, and care, / And care, and money, and trouble.

    Synonyms

    * farrago, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag * See also