messuage vs habitation

messuage and habitation both are nouns.

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

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

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

messuage (noun)	habitation (noun)
(law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household	the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men)
	housing that someone is living in
	the native habitat or home of an animal or plant