anthology vs mess

anthology

noun
  • An assortment of things. 

  • A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors. 

  • A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another. 

  • The study of flowers. 

mess

noun
  • A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner). 

  • A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding. 

  • A building or room in which mess is eaten. 

  • A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table. 

  • The milk given by a cow at one milking. 

  • A large quantity or number. 

  • Excrement. 

  • A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck. 

  • A dessert of fruit and cream, similar to a fool. 

  • A group of iguanas. 

verb
  • To eat (with others). 

  • To make soiled by ejaculating. 

  • To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to. 

  • To supply with a mess. 

  • To belong to a mess. 

  • To make soiled by defecating. 

  • To take meals with a mess. 

  • To throw into disorder or to ruin. 

  • To interfere. 

How often have the words anthology and mess occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )