miscellanea vs assortment

miscellanea and assortment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, miscellanea and assortment are synonyms defined as:

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

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

miscellanea (noun)	assortment (noun)
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things