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Potpourri vs Hodgepodge - What's the difference?

potpourri | hodgepodge |

As nouns the difference between potpourri and hodgepodge

is that potpourri is a collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley while hodgepodge is a collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.

potpourri

English

Alternative forms

* pot pourri

Noun

(wikipedia potpourri) (en noun)
  • A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley.
  • An anthology of miscellaneous prose.
  • (music) A medley of songs or music.
  • A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.

    • hodgepodge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hodge-podge

    Noun

  • A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
    • His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge''' of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar '''hodgepodges .
  • * 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
    • 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.

    Synonyms

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