Hodgepodge vs Patchwork - What's the difference?
hodgepodge | patchwork |
A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
* 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one, whole piece.
* Bill took all of his poetry and put it together in a folder. It made up a patchwork of his life.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together
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As nouns the difference between hodgepodge and patchwork
is that hodgepodge is a collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble while patchwork is a work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.As a verb patchwork is
to create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.hodgepodge
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Alternative forms
* hodge-podgeNoun
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge''' of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar '''hodgepodges .
- 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.