mess vs mix

mess

verb
  • To make soiled by ejaculating. 

  • To eat (with others). 

  • To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to. 

  • To supply with a mess. 

  • To belong to 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). 

mix

verb
  • To stir together. 

  • To unite with in company; to join; to associate. 

  • To blend by the use of a mixer (machine). 

  • To combine (several tracks). 

  • To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). 

  • To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. 

  • To produce a finished version of (a recording). 

noun
  • The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture. 

  • The result of combining items normally kept separate. 

  • The result of mixing several tracks. 

  • The finished version of a recording. 

  • A substance used to dilute or adulterate an illicit drug. 

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