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Bevy vs Hodgepodge - What's the difference?

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Bevy is a related term of hodgepodge.


As nouns the difference between bevy and hodgepodge

is that bevy is a group of animals, in particular quail while hodgepodge is a collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.

bevy

English

Noun

(bevies)
  • A group of animals, in particular quail.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
  • A large group or collection.
  • A group of female humans. Used chiefly of schoolgirls.

    • 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