messuage vs dwelling

messuage and dwelling both are nouns.

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

As nouns, dwelling is a hypernym of messuage; that is, dwelling 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
dwelling: housing that someone is living in

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

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