essence vs message

essence

noun
  • The inherent nature of a thing or idea. 

  • Constituent substance. 

  • The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process. 

  • A being; especially, a purely spiritual being. 

  • An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative. 

  • The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory. 

  • A significant feature of something. 

  • Fragrance, a perfume. 

message

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

  • An errand. 

  • See messages (“groceries, shopping”). 

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

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

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

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

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