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Medley vs Commixture - What's the difference?

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Medley is a related term of commixture.


As nouns the difference between medley and commixture

is that medley is while commixture is the act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents.

As a verb medley

is (music) to combine, to form a medley.

medley

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • *:
  • *:Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym
  • :(Holland)
  • A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
  • :a fruit medley
  • *Addison
  • *:this medley of philosophy and war
  • *W. Walsh
  • *:Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.
  • (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
  • :They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
  • (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
  • A cloth of mixed colours.
  • :(Fuller)

    • Related terms

    * meddle * melee

    Synonyms

    * mashup

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (music) To combine, to form a medley.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    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)