hash vs mess

hash

verb
  • To make a mess of (something); to ruin. 

  • To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash. 

  • To transform according to a hash function. 

  • To make a quick, rough version. 

noun
  • The # symbol (octothorpe, pound). 

  • A hash run. 

  • A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing. 

  • A stupid fellow. 

  • One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate. 

  • A confused mess. 

  • The result generated by a hash function. 

  • Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. 

  • Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant. 

mess

verb
  • To belong to a mess. 

  • 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 make soiled by defecating. 

  • To take meals with a mess. 

  • To throw into disorder or to ruin. 

  • To interfere. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

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