different between hotchpotch vs mishmash

English

Etymology

From French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”); of Dutch or German origin. Compare Dutch hutspot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?t??p?t??/

Noun

hotchpotch (plural hotchpotches)

1. Alternative form of hodgepodge (“miscellaneous collection”).
2. Alternative form of hodgepodge (“mixture of ingredients”).
3. (civil law) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.

   Synonym: collation

4. (archaic) A kind of mutton broth with green peas instead of barley or rice.

Alternative forms

• hotchpot
• hotchpotz
• hotch-pot

Synonyms

• farrago, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

References

• “hotchpotch”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Alternative forms

• mish-mash
• mishmosh

Etymology

From Old English as reduplication of mash. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Miskmask and German Mischmasch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???mæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

mishmash (plural mishmashes)

1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

Synonyms

• farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, melting pot, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

Verb

mishmash (third-person singular simple present mishmashes, present participle mishmashing, simple past and past participle mishmashed)

1. (transitive) To mix together, especially in a confused way.
2. (intransitive) To become mixed together.

Anagrams

• Shim Sham, shammish