even vs mess up

even

adj
  • Flat and level. 

  • Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc. 

  • On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed. 

  • parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. 

  • On equal terms of a moral sort; quits. 

  • Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero. 

  • Without great variation. 

  • Divisible by two. 

noun
  • An even number. 

adv
  • In reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality. 

  • Emphasizing a comparative. 

  • Signalling a correction of one's previous utterance; rather, that is. 

verb
  • To make flat and level. 

mess up

verb
  • To damage; injure. 

  • To manhandle; beat up; rough up. 

  • To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. 

  • To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on. 

  • To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin. 

  • To cause (another person) to make unwanted mistakes in a given task, usually through distraction or obnoxious behavior. 

  • To make a mistake; to do something incorrectly; to perform poorly. 

  • To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray. 

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