Assortment vs Mixture - What's the difference?
assortment | mixture |
A collection of varying but related items.
The act of mixing.
Something produced by mixing.
Something that consists of diverse elements
A medicinal compound
As nouns the difference between assortment and mixture
is that assortment is a collection of varying but related items while mixture is the act of mixing.assortment
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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 alsomixture
English
(wikipedia mixture)Noun
(en noun)- The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
- An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
- The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
- A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals