miscellanea vs sampler

miscellanea and sampler both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sampler is a hyponym of miscellanea; that is, sampler is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than miscellanea:

miscellanea (noun)	sampler (noun)
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches
	an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
	an assortment of various samples
	someone who samples food or drink for its quality