hotchpotch vs miscellany

hotchpotch and miscellany both are nouns.

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

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

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

hotchpotch (noun)	miscellany (noun)
a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables	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