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Vacancy vs Occupancy - What's the difference?

vacancy | occupancy |

As nouns the difference between vacancy and occupancy

is that vacancy is an unoccupied position or job while occupancy is the act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

vacancy

English

Noun

(vacancies)
  • An unoccupied position or job.
  • An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
  • Empty space.
  • *1993 , James Michie, trans. Ovid, The Art of Love , Book II:
  • *:Sky was set above earth, land ringed with sea, / Chaos retired to its own vacancy [...].
  • Lack of intelligence or understanding.
  • (physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice

    • Related terms

    * vacant adjective * vacate verb

    occupancy

    English

    (wikipedia occupancy)

    Noun

    (occupancies)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * inoccupancy