assortment vs smorgasbord

assortment and smorgasbord both are nouns.

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

As nouns, assortment and smorgasbord are synonyms defined as:

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

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

assortment (noun)	smorgasbord (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type	an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things