What's the difference between gallimaufry and potpourri?

Gallimaufry


Definition:

  • (n.) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
  • (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Which brings us back to Trump’s victory speech in Nevada, which was his usual gallimaufry of disconnected thoughts.
  • (2) Nonetheless, Late Night Line-up represented a kind of creative freedom: “I mean people wanted opportunities to be creative, and we wanted television to be better, we wanted the standards to be high, we wanted ideas to circulate.” Mixing the serious and the silly At its best, the important thing about the BBC has always been its cultural heterogeneity; the fact that it is a cheerful gallimaufry of the high and the low, the serious and the silly.

Potpourri


Definition:

  • (n.) A medley or mixture.
  • (n.) A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc., cooked together.
  • (n.) A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room.
  • (n.) A piece of music made up of different airs strung together; a medley.
  • (n.) A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The major topics include the assessment and treatment of occlusal wear, the controversies surrounding treatment position of the mandibular condyles, occlusal considerations in osseointegrated prostheses, the two-way relationship between occlusal factors and temporomandibular disorders, design criteria and longevity studies in resin-bonded, fixed-partial dentures, and a potpourri of articles on other topics of interest.
  • (2) The 18th century minted the magazine, an elegant potpourri of stories and news, instruction and amusement.
  • (3) Perhaps a lovely bowl of potpourri under the nose of the framed Adolf smiling benignly down from the wall.
  • (4) Alongside it is the charming City Bird , a potpourri of a retail store, and its sister store Nest , which together serve as studio, gallery and retail outlet for Detroit-themed goods.
  • (5) In contrast, T-cell ALLs introduce a potpourri of genes into their T cell receptor loci.
  • (6) A potpourri of surgical and prosthodontic complications using the Branemark implant are presented and evaluated.
  • (7) It is labeled as potpourri and marketed as synthetic marijuana, although it has nothing to do with either.
  • (8) "I have to wash before I speak to you because I stink," he continues, his voice a weird transatlantic potpourri of vowels and dropped consonants.
  • (9) The programme, which he presents with Amy Lamé and Baylen Leonard , is a wonderful potpourri of nonsense.
  • (10) In this chapter, I have presented a potpourri of examples of proper clothing to wear during various exercise demands in different environments.
  • (11) Since tracheobronchial secretions are commonly contaminated by microorganisms colonizing the upper airways, routine culture of expectorated sputum, with the inevitable recovery of a potpourri of potential pathogens, can hardly be regarded as a meaningful exercise for the physician.
  • (12) The potpourri of names applied to those specializing in emergency medicine creates an aura of amorphism.
  • (13) This potpourri of fantasy and reality, celebration and satire, is a blast, and a very contemporary one.
  • (14) Despite this recognition, relatively little is known regarding the potpourri of physiological, environmental, structural and mechanical factors potentially associated with a lower aerobic demand of running.
  • (15) The book is a classic Brand potpourri: brilliant and infuriating, part travelogue, memoir, rant, riff, a call to arms and, ultimately, to love.
  • (16) We have reviewed a potpourri of high-tech advances of interest to the hand surgeon: electronically controlled prostheses, functional neuromuscular stimulation, computer graphics, data base computer programs, 3-D imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, and lasers--fields that point toward new directions in medicine, in general, and in our specialty, in particular, as we enter the twenty-first century.
  • (17) The origin of the myth is a green, potpourri-like mixture of herbs and uncured tobacco leaves called ipdambae (잎담배), translated literally as "leaf tobacco".

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