smorgasbord vs assortment

smorgasbord and assortment both are nouns.

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

As nouns, smorgasbord and assortment are synonyms defined as:

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

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

smorgasbord (noun)	assortment (noun)
an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal	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