As nouns the difference between mess and dining
is that
mess is mass; church service while
dining is eating dinner as a social function.
As verbs the difference between mess and dining
is that
mess is to take meals with a mess while
dining is present participle of lang=en.
mess English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), partly from (etyl) . More at (m); see also (m).
Noun
( es)
(obsolete) Mass; church service.
A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
- A mess of pottage.
* Milton
- At their savoury dinner set / Of herbs and other country messes .
A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table.
- the wardroom mess
* 1610 , , IV. iv. 11:
- But that our feasts / In every mess have folly, and the feeders / Digest it with accustom,
A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
- (Latimer)
(US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
Derived terms
* Eton mess
* lose the number of one's mess
* mess hall
* mess up
* Mills Mess
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Verb
(label) To take meals with a mess.
(label) To belong to a mess.
(label) To eat (with others).
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(label) To supply with a mess.
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Etymology 2
Perhaps a corruption of (etyl) , compare (muss), or derived from Etymology 1 "mixed foods, as for animals".
Noun
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A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.
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(label) A large quantity or number.
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(label) Excrement.
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Synonyms
* see also
Verb
( es)
(label) To make a mess of.
(label) To throw into confusion.
(label) To interfere.
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Derived terms
(terms derived from "mess")
* messy
* mess around
* mess up
* mess with
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dining English
Noun
Eating dinner as a social function.
* 1869 , The XIX Century (volume 1, page 6)
- For my own part I preferred to remain with the ship, and I am now glad that I did so, for the welcome we received at Havana; the cheering crowds upon the quay; the friends we met and made; the dinings in and dinings out
Entertaining someone to dinner.
Related terms
* dining car
* dining room
* dining table
Verb
(head)
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