different between mix vs variety

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks
• Homophones: micks, Micks

Alternative forms

• mixe (archaic)

Etymology 1

From Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mey?-, *mey?- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, misk?n (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misce? (“mix”), Ancient Greek ??????? (mígnumi, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (m?siti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit ????? (mi?ra, “mixed”), Persian ??????? (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English m?sc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.

Verb

mix (third-person singular simple present mixes, present participle mixing, simple past and past participle mixed)

1. (transitive) To stir together.

2. (transitive) To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).
3. (transitive, intransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, An Advertisement touching an Holy War

     I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations.
4. (transitive) To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).

5. (transitive, music) To combine (several tracks).

6. (transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).

7. (transitive, intransitive) To unite with in company; to join; to associate.

Synonyms

• (stir two or more substances together): blend, combine, mingle, intermix, mix together, mix up; See also Thesaurus:mix
• (combine items from two or more sources normally kept separate): mix together, mix up, muddle, muddle up

Derived terms

• bemix
• downmix
• inmix
• mixed
• mixing
• overmix
• undermix

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

A merger of a nominal use of the verb and a borrowing from Anglo-Norman mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of misce? (“mix”). Nowadays regarded automatically as the nominal form of the verb.

Noun

mix (plural mixes)

1. The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.

2. The result of combining items normally kept separate.
3. (music) The result of mixing several tracks.

4. (music) The finished version of a recording.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• mix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mix in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• IMX, XMI

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Andalusian Arabic ??? (mašš).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mi?/

Noun

mix m (plural mixos, feminine mixa)

1. (usually repeated) A sound used to call a domestic cat.
2. (colloquial) The domestic cat.

Synonyms

• (domestic cat): gat, moix

Further reading

• “mix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mix” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “mix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mí??]

Noun

m?x (inanimate)

1. second-person singular possessive singular of ?xtli; (it is) your eye.
2. second-person singular possessive plural of ?xtli; (they are) your eyes.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

Noun

mix m (plural mixen, diminutive mixje n)

1. mix, mixture
2. hybrid

Synonyms

• mengeling (1)
• kruising (2)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English mix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miks/

Noun

mix m (plural mix or mixes)

1. (music) mix

Related terms

• mixer
• mixeur

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mix

1. singular imperative of mixen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of mixen

Spanish

Noun

mix m (plural mix)

1. mix

English

Alternative forms

• variëty (rare)

Etymology

From Middle French varieté, from Latin variet?s (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various. Displaced native Old English misl?cnes.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?-r???-t?, IPA^(key): /v???a?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti
• Hyphenation: va?ri?e?ty

Noun

variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)

1. The quality of being varied; diversity.

   Antonym: sameness

2. A specific variation of something.
3. A number of different things.

   Synonyms: array, assortment

4. A state of constant change.
5. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species (infraspecific), either below subspecies (subspecific) or ranked comparably therewith.
6. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
7. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
8. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
9. (algebra, universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
10. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic variety.
11. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
12. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

Synonyms

• (quality of being varied): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
• (algebraic geometry): algebraic variety
• (universal algebra): equational class, equational variety, variety of algebras

Hyponyms

• (specific variation of something): cultivar

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• species
• (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy

Further reading

• variety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• variety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.