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[different vowel sounds]
“Message” (noun) is ‘a piece of written or spoken news or a request, or information given or passed from one person to another’
e.g.
His wife has sent him a message to his office asking him to come home immediately.
{on the telephone} “I am sorry, the manager is not here; but if there is any message, I will convey.”
My girlfriend sent me an SMS to meet her the next day without fail.
Have you checked your e-mail? You have two unread messages in the inbox.
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“Massage”, as a verb, it means ‘to press or rub a person’s muscles with hands or with an instrument to lessen body pains or stiffness in the neck, shoulders, back, etc.’; as a noun, it is ‘the act of pressing or rubbing a person’s body to lessen pain’,
(having a body massage)
e.g.
After the long hunting trip, the hunter went for a body massage to relieve his body pains.
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