miscellany vs assortment

miscellany and assortment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, miscellany and assortment are synonyms defined as:

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

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

miscellany (noun)	assortment (noun)
an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.	the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	a collection containing a variety of sorts of things