hodgepodge vs miscellany

hodgepodge and miscellany both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hodgepodge	Yes	No	No	No
miscellany	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, miscellany is a hypernym of hodgepodge; that is, miscellany is a word with a broader meaning than hodgepodge:

Other hypernyms of hodgepodge include assortment, miscellanea, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety.

hodgepodge (noun)	miscellany (noun)
a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas	an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.
a motley assortment of things	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things