counsel vs message

counsel and message both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
counsel	Yes	No	Yes	No
message	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, message is a hypernym of counsel; that is, message is a word with a broader meaning than counsel:

counsel: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
message: content communicating a message; what something is about

Other hypernyms of counsel include content, subject matter, substance.

counsel (noun)	message (noun)
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action	content communicating a message; what something is about
a lawyer who pleads cases in court	a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled