salmagundi vs assortment

salmagundi and assortment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, salmagundi and assortment are synonyms defined as:

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

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

salmagundi (noun)	assortment (noun)
cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing	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