different between hotchpotch vs mosaic

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

• mosaick (obsolete)
• musaic (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (????? (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m???ze?k/, /m???ze?.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo??ze?.?k/, /mo??ze?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k, -e??k

Noun

mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)

1. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
2. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
3. (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
4. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

Derived terms

• mosaicist

Translations

Adjective

mosaic (not comparable)

1. (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

Related terms

• alphamosaic
• mosaicism
• mosaicist
• photomosaic

See also

• intarsia
• mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) , “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678

Anagrams

• Amicos, Samoic

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?zajk/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?zajk/

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

1. mosaic

Friulian

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

1. mosaic