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Assortment vs Portfolio - What's the difference?

assortment | portfolio |

As nouns the difference between assortment and portfolio

is that assortment is a collection of varying but related items while portfolio is a case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.

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

    portfolio

    English

    (wikipedia portfolio)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
  • The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
  • (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
  • The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
  • A collection of assets generally.
    • I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.

    See also

    * curriculum vitae * repertoire ----