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Amalgamation vs Assortment - What's the difference?

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Amalgamation is a related term of assortment.


As nouns the difference between amalgamation and assortment

is that amalgamation is the process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation while assortment is a collection of varying but related items.

amalgamation

English

Noun

(wikipedia amalgamation) (en noun)
  • The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
  • The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
  • # (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
  • (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.

    • assortment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collection of varying but related items.
    • This box has an assortment of chocolates, there's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

    Synonyms

    * diversity, Whitman's sampler * See also