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Occupant vs Occupancy - What's the difference?

occupant | occupancy |

As nouns the difference between occupant and occupancy

is that occupant is a person who occupies a place or a position while occupancy is the act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

occupant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who occupies a place or a position.
  • An owner or tenant of a property.
  • A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.

    • 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