flood vs mess

flood and mess both are nouns.

flood and mess both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flood	Yes	No	Yes	No
mess	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mess is a hypernym of flood; that is, mess is a word with a broader meaning than flood:

flood: an overwhelming number or amount
mess: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Other hypernyms of flood include batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad.

flood (noun)	mess (noun)
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing	a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
a large flow	a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography	soft semiliquid food
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land	a state of confusion and disorderliness
an overwhelming number or amount	informal terms for a difficult situation

flood (verb)	mess (verb)
cover with liquid, usually water	make a mess of or create disorder in
become filled to overflowing	eat in a mess hall
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
supply with an excess of

Difference between flood and mess

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