The difference between Melange and Mixture
When used as nouns, melange means a mixture of different things, whereas mixture means the act of mixing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Melange and Mixture
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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.
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Mixture as a noun:
The act of mixing.
Examples:
"The mixture of [[sulphuric acid]] and [[water]] produces [[heat]]."
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Mixture as a noun:
Something produced by mixing.
Examples:
"An [[alloy]] is a mixture of two [[metal]]s."
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Mixture as a noun:
Something that consists of diverse elements.
Examples:
"The [[day]] was a mixture of [[sunshine]] and [[shower]]s."
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Mixture as a noun:
A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution
Examples:
"A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals"
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Mixture as a noun (music):
A compound organ stop.
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Mixture as a noun:
A cloth of variegated colouring.
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Mixture as a noun (India):
A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.