variety vs hodgepodge

variety and hodgepodge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
variety	Yes	No	No	No
hodgepodge	Yes	No	No	No

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

variety (noun)	hodgepodge (noun)
noticeable heterogeneity	a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
a difference that is usually pleasant	a motley assortment of things
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things