Nowhere vs Mess - What's the difference?
nowhere | mess |
In no place.
To no place.
(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.
* Milton
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.
* 1610 , , IV. iv. 11:
A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
(US) The milk given by a cow at one milking.
(label) To take meals with a mess.
(label) To belong to a mess.
(label) To eat (with others).
(label) To supply with a mess.
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.
(label) A large quantity or number.
(label) Excrement.
(label) To make a mess of.
(label) To throw into confusion.
(label) To interfere.
As nouns the difference between nowhere and mess
is that nowhere is no particular place, noplace while mess is (obsolete) mass; church service or mess can be a disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; a disorder.As an adverb nowhere
is in no place.As a verb mess is
(label) to take meals with a mess or mess can be (label) to make a mess of.nowhere
English
Adverb
(-)- Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
- We sat in traffic, going nowhere .
Antonyms
* everywhereDerived terms
* nowhere dense * nowhere dense setDerived terms
* all dressed up and nowhere to go * middle of nowhere * NowheresvilleAnagrams
* English compound determinativesmess
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), partly from (etyl) . More at (m); see also (m).Noun
(es)- A mess of pottage.
- At their savoury dinner set / Of herbs and other country messes .
- the wardroom mess
- But that our feasts / In every mess have folly, and the feeders / Digest it with accustom,
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