The difference between Assortment and Melange
When used as nouns, assortment means a collection of varying but related items, whereas melange means a mixture of different things.
check bellow for the other definitions of Assortment and Melange
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Assortment as a noun:
A collection of varying but related items.
Examples:
"This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which."
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Melange as a noun:
A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
Examples:
"The room was a melange of comic books and posters."
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Melange as a noun:
A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
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Melange as a noun (geology):
A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.