meal vs mess

meal and mess both are nouns.

meal is not a verb while mess is a verb.

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

As nouns, mess is a hyponym of meal; that is, mess is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than meal:

meal: the food served and eaten at one time
mess: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

Other hyponyms of meal include square meal, potluck, refection, breakfast, brunch, dejeuner, lunch, luncheon, tiffin, afternoon tea, tea, teatime, dinner, supper, buffet, picnic, bite, collation, snack, nosh-up, ploughman's lunch, banquet, feast, spread.

meal (noun)	mess (noun)
the food served and eaten at one time	a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse	a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times	soft semiliquid food
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
	a state of confusion and disorderliness
	informal terms for a difficult situation

meal (verb)	mess (verb)
	make a mess of or create disorder in
	eat in a mess hall

Difference between meal and mess

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