miscellany vs selection

miscellany and selection both are nouns.

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

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

miscellany (noun)	selection (noun)
an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc.	the act of choosing or selecting
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things	the person or thing chosen or selected
	a passage selected from a larger work
	an assortment of things from which a choice can be made
	a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment