messuage vs abode

messuage and abode both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
messuage	Yes	No	No	No
abode	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abode is a hypernym of messuage; that is, abode is a word with a broader meaning than messuage:

messuage: (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household
abode: housing that someone is living in

Other hypernyms of messuage include domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home.

messuage (noun)	abode (noun)
(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household	housing that someone is living in
	any address at which you dwell more than temporarily