Assortment and Collection

Assortment

Assortment noun - A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
Usage example: a great assortment of cars was on display
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Synonyms for Assortment

Collection is a synonym for assortment in variety topic. In some cases you can use "Collection" instead a noun "Assortment", when it comes to topics like bunch, quantity, set of useful items, aggregation.

Nearby Words: assorted, assort, assorting

Collection

Collection noun - An organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure.
Usage example: his stamp collection has become quite valuable

Assortment is a synonym for collection in group topic. You can use "Assortment" instead a noun "Collection", if it concerns topics such as bunch, set, set of useful items, aggregation.

How words are described

full full assortment full collection
nice nice assortment nice collection
special special assortment special collection
usual usual assortment usual collection
Other adjectives: motley, complete, original, small, entire, massive, large, huge, impressive, decent, new, vast, random, odd, strange, different, available, diverse, eclectic, varied, wide, colorful, biggest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Digital Paradox The Collector: Many of the members of the group collect a strange assortment of items, most notably would be Digi and his collection of anime/video game figurines.
  • Collection Sidequest: Scattered throughout the levels are an assortment of golden whatnots from Greek mythology, like the Belt of Hippolyta or the Golden Apple.
  • Psychic Powers Zenna Henderson's The People have an assortment of psychic abilities up to and including true telepathy (they offer a couple of times to do selective mental erasure on humans who witness their powers) and manual energy collection, conversion and redirection of sunlight or moonlight.
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