mixture vs hotchpotch

mixture and hotchpotch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mixture	Yes	No	No	No
hotchpotch	Yes	No	No	No

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

mixture (noun)	hotchpotch (noun)
the act of mixing together	a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables
an event that combines things in a mixture	a motley assortment of things
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)