mess vs pile

mess and pile both are nouns.

mess and pile both are verbs.

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

As nouns, mess and pile are synonyms defined as:

mess and pile: (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, peck, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad.

mess (noun)	pile (noun)
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax	a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel	battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta
soft semiliquid food	the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent	a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
a state of confusion and disorderliness	fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
informal terms for a difficult situation	a collection of objects laid on top of each other
	a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

mess (verb)	pile (verb)
make a mess of or create disorder in	arrange in stacks
eat in a mess hall	place or lay as if in a pile
	press tightly together or cram

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