miscellany vs sampler

miscellany and sampler both are nouns.

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

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

miscellany (noun)	sampler (noun)
an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.	a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	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