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Olio vs Salmagundi - What's the difference?

olio | salmagundi |

As nouns the difference between olio and salmagundi

is that olio is a rich, thick, spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables while salmagundi is a food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.

olio

English

Noun

(head)
  • A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
  • A mixture or medley, a hotchpotch.
  • A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
  • By extension of the above, Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of minstrel or burlesque shows.
  • References

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    salmagundi

    Alternative forms

    * solomongundy * Solomon Gundy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
  • Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 544:
  • *:Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage , which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.
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  • Synonyms

    * (mixture of various ingredients) miscellany, olio, potpourri

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