mess vs peck

mess and peck both are nouns.

mess and peck both are verbs.

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

As nouns, mess and peck are synonyms defined as:

mess and peck: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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

mess (noun)	peck (noun)
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax	a light kiss
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel	bite by a bird
soft semiliquid food	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent	a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
a state of confusion and disorderliness	a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
informal terms for a difficult situation

mess (verb)	peck (verb)
make a mess of or create disorder in	bother persistently with trivial complaints
eat in a mess hall	eat by pecking at, like a bird
	eat like a bird
	kiss lightly
	hit lightly with a picking motion

Difference between mess and peck

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