different between admixture vs hodgepodge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?kst??(?)/, /æd?m?kst??(?)/

Noun

admixture (countable and uncountable, plural admixtures)

1. An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

   The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.

   1. A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
2. A mixture, in some contexts
   1. (epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.

      Background EEG demonstrates an admixture of theta and delta waves.

Related terms

• admix

Translations

Latin

Participle

admixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of admixt?rus

English

Alternative forms

• hodge-podge
• hotchpotch

Etymology

From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch +? pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?d??p?d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?d??p?d?/

Noun

hodgepodge (countable and uncountable, plural hodgepodges)

1. A hotchpotch; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

   Synonyms: farrago, melange, mishmash; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

   • 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.

2. A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.

Translations

Verb

hodgepodge (third-person singular simple present hodgepodges, present participle hodgepodging, simple past and past participle hodgepodged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To move or position in an erratic, disorganised manner.