Occupy vs Invest - What's the difference?
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* 1590s , (William Shakespeare), ,
* 1867 , (Robert Nares) A Glossary
*:: These villains will make the word captain, as odious as the word occupy''. ''2 Hen. IV , ii, 4.
*:: Groyne, come of age, his state sold out of hand
*:: For 's whore; Groyne still doth occupy'' his land. ''B. Jons. Epigr. , 117.
*:: Many, out of their own obscene apprehensions, refuse proper and fit words, as occupy'', nature, and the like. ''Ibid., Discoveries , vol. vii, p. 119.
(obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
* Bible, (w) xxvii. 9
* 1551 , (in Latin), 1516
(obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.
* Bible, (w) xxxviii. 24
* 1551 , (in Latin), 1516
(dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
(obsolete) To put on (clothing).
* Spenser
To envelop, wrap, cover.
* 1667': Night / '''Invests the Sea, and wished Morn delayes — John Milton, ''Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 207-8
To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose.
To ceremonially install someone in some office.
To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
* Shakespeare
To formally give (power or authority).
* Francis Bacon
To surround, accompany, or attend.
* Hawthorne
To lay siege to.
To make investments.
(metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
(meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between occupy and invest
is that occupy is (obsolete) to use; to expend; to make use of while invest is (obsolete) to put on (clothing).As verbs the difference between occupy and invest
is that occupy is (label) to take or use time while invest is (dated) to clothe or wrap (with garments).As a noun invest is
(meteorology) an unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) systemII.iv
- God's light, these villains will make the word as odious as the word 'occupy ;' which was an excellent good word before it was ill sorted
- OCCUPY, [sensu obsc.] To possess, or enjoy.
- It is so used also in Rowley's New Wonder, Anc. Dr., v, 278.
- All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise.
- not able to occupy their old crafts
- all the gold that was occupied for the work
- They occupy not money themselves.
Synonyms
* (to possess or use the time or capacity of) employ, busyDerived terms
* occupier * occupationSee also
*References
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* *invest
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) investir, from (etyl) ; see vest.Verb
(en verb)- He was but shabbily apparelled in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief investing his neck.
- cannot find one this girdle to invest
- We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
- I do invest you jointly with my power.
- It investeth a right of government.
- awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt
- to invest a town