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Mixture vs Choice - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between mixture and choice

is that mixture is the act of mixing while choice is an option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

As an adjective choice is

especially good or preferred.

mixture

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of mixing.
  • The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
  • Something produced by mixing.
  • An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
  • Something that consists of diverse elements
  • The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
  • A medicinal compound
  • A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

    Derived terms

    * cough mixture

    choice

    English

    (wikipedia choice)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
    Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
  • One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
  • The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
  • Anything that can be chosen.
  • The best or most preferable part.
  • * Milton
  • The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
  • Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice .
  • (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (anything that can be chosen) assortment, range, selection * the cream * See also

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Especially good or preferred.
  • It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
  • (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
  • Choice ! I'm going to the movies.

    Synonyms

    * (especially good or preferred) prime, prize, quality, select