messuage vs dwelling house

messuage and dwelling house both are nouns.

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

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

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

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