Patchwork and Concoction

noun

• A theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas.
  • synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble
• A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together.
  • synonyms: patchwork quilt
• Sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern. .

(n.) Work composed of pieces sewed together, especially pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up.

noun

• Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients.
  • usage: "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"
  • synonyms: mixture, intermixture
• An occurrence of an unusual mixture.
  • usage: "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
• The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose.
  • usage: "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
• The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components.
  • synonyms: confection

• (n.) The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
• (n.) The act of perfecting or maturing.
• (n.) A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
• (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
• (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.