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Occupied vs Occupancy - What's the difference?

occupied | occupancy |

As an adjective occupied

is reserved, engaged.

As a verb occupied

is past tense of occupy.

As a noun occupancy is

the act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.

occupied

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reserved, engaged.
    • The stall on the left is occupied .
  • Busy, unavailable.
    • she is occupied at the moment
  • Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
  • travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (occupy)

    • 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