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Hotchpotch vs Humdrum - What's the difference?

hotchpotch | humdrum |

As nouns the difference between hotchpotch and humdrum

is that hotchpotch is a hodgepodge; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things while humdrum is the quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness.

As an adjective humdrum is

lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

hotchpotch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A hodgepodge; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes.
  • (legal) A hotchpot.

    • Related terms

    * hotchpot

    Synonyms

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

    humdrum

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of lacking variety or excitement; dullness.
  • * 2010 ,
    • I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum , and heat of the here and now.

    Synonyms

    * See also