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collection vs motley

motley vs collection

collection and motley both are nouns.

collection is not an adjective while motley is an adjective.

collection is not a verb while motley is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
collection Yes No No No
motley Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, motley is a hyponym of collection; that is, motley is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than collection:
  • collection: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  • motley: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Other hyponyms of collection include procession, pharmacopoeia, string, wardrobe, wardrobe, population, universe, armamentarium, art collection, backlog, battery, block, book, rule book, book, bottle collection, bunch, caboodle, lot, coin collection, collage, content, contents, ensemble, tout ensemble, corpus, crop, tenantry, findings, flagging, flinders, pack, deal, hand, long suit, herbarium, stamp collection, statuary, sum, sum total, summation, agglomeration, gimmickry, nuclear club, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile, mass, combination, congregation, hit parade, Judaica, kludge, library, program library, subroutine library, library, mythology, biology, biota, fauna, zoology, petting zoo, set, Victoriana, category, class, family, job lot, bundle, package, packet, parcel, defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense team, prosecution, planting, signage, GAAP, generally accepted accounting principles, pantheon, Free World, Third World, Europe, Asia, North America, Central America, South America, Oort cloud, galaxy, extragalactic nebula, galaxy, fleet, fleet, fleet, repertoire, repertory, repertoire, repertory, assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, batch, clutch, batch, rogue's gallery, exhibition, expo, exposition, convoy, traffic, air power, aviation, botany, flora, vegetation, jurisprudence, law, menagerie, data, information, ana, mail, post, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponomy, troponymy, smithereens, tripton, napoleoniana, problematics, audio library.
collection (noun) motley (noun)
the act of gathering something together a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
a publication containing a variety of works a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
request for a sum of money a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
collection (adjective) motley (adjective)
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
collection (verb) motley (verb)
make motley; color with different colors
make something more diverse and varied
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