assortment vs variety

variety vs assortment

assortment and variety both are nouns.

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

As nouns, assortment and variety are synonyms defined as:

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

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

assortment (noun)	variety (noun)
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type	noticeable heterogeneity
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	a difference that is usually pleasant
	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
	a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
	(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

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