message vs news

message

noun
  • See messages (“groceries, shopping”). 

  • An errand. 

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

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

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. 

news

noun
  • Posts published on newsgroups 

  • New information of interest. 

  • Information about current events disseminated via media. 

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