victuals vs mess

victuals and mess both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mess is a hyponym of victuals; that is, mess is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than victuals:

victuals (noun)	mess (noun)
any substance that can be used as food	a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
a source of materials to nourish the body	a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
a stock or supply of foods	soft semiliquid food
	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
	a state of confusion and disorderliness
	informal terms for a difficult situation

victuals (verb)	mess (verb)
	make a mess of or create disorder in
	eat in a mess hall