noun a collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
— synonyms: mixture, mixed_bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri
noun the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
— synonyms: categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation
Examples
“This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.”