alphabet soup vs motley

alphabet soup and motley both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alphabet soup	Yes	No	No	No
motley	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, motley is a hypernym of alphabet soup; that is, motley is a word with a broader meaning than alphabet soup:

Other hypernyms of alphabet soup include assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety.

alphabet soup (noun)	motley (noun)
soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet	a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
a confusing assortment	a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

alphabet soup (adjective)	motley (adjective)
	having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
	consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

alphabet soup (verb)	motley (verb)
	make motley; color with different colors
	make something more diverse and varied