smorgasbord vs selection

selection vs smorgasbord

smorgasbord and selection both are nouns.

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

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

smorgasbord: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
selection: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

Other hyponyms of smorgasbord include grab bag, witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth, range, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, alphabet soup, sampler.

smorgasbord (noun)	selection (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 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

Difference between smorgasbord and selection

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