hotchpotch vs miscellanea

hotchpotch and miscellanea both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hotchpotch	Yes	No	No	No
miscellanea	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, miscellanea is a hypernym of hotchpotch; that is, miscellanea is a word with a broader meaning than hotchpotch:

Other hypernyms of hotchpotch include assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety.

hotchpotch (noun)	miscellanea (noun)
a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
a motley assortment of things