assortment vs potpourri

assortment and potpourri both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
assortment	Yes	No	No	No
potpourri	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assortment and potpourri are synonyms defined as:

assortment and potpourri: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Other synonyms of assortment include miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety.

assortment (noun)	potpourri (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type	a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things