dispatch vs message

dispatch

verb
  • To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer. 

  • To send (a shipment) with promptness. 

  • To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. 

  • To send (a person) away hastily. 

  • To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to). 

  • To rid; to free. 

  • To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently. 

  • To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report. 

noun
  • A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field. 

  • A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc. 

  • The act of doing something quickly. 

  • The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table. 

message

verb
  • To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages. 

  • To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging. 

  • To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone. 

noun
  • An errand. 

  • See messages (“groceries, shopping”). 

  • A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed. 

  • An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something. 

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