Occupancy vs Avocation - What's the difference?
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The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.
The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises.
The specific use to which something occupied is put.
(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 204:
A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
* 1934 , Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time
*:But yield who will to their separation,
*:My object in living is to unite
*:My avocation and my vocation
*:As my two eyes make one in sight.
That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
Occupancy is a related term of avocation.
As nouns the difference between occupancy and avocation
is that occupancy is the act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant while avocation is (obsolete) a calling away; a diversion.occupancy
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(wikipedia occupancy)Noun
(occupancies)Antonyms
* inoccupancyavocation
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(wikipedia avocation)Noun
(en noun)- But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.