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Commixture vs Mishmash - What's the difference?

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Commixture is a related term of mishmash.


As nouns the difference between commixture and mishmash

is that commixture is the act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents while mishmash is a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

As a verb mishmash is

to mix together, especially in a confused way.

commixture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents.
  • *1658': Some apprehended a purifying virtue in fire, refining the grosser '''commixture , and firing out the Æthereall particles so deeply immersed in it. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 4)

    • mishmash

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mish-mash * mishmosh

    Noun

    (es)
  • A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things

    • Synonyms

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

    Verb

    (es)
  • To mix together, especially in a confused way.
  • To become mixed together.
    • English reduplications