Occupation vs Shoeblack - What's the difference?
occupation | shoeblack |
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
The act, process or state of possessing a place.
The control of a country or region by a hostile army.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 23
, author=Angelique Chrisafis
, title=François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election
, work=the Guardian
As nouns the difference between occupation and shoeblack
is that occupation is an activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job while shoeblack is one who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.occupation
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".}}