dabble vs occupy

dabble and occupy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dabble	No	No	Yes	No
occupy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, occupy is a hypernym of dabble; that is, occupy is a word with a broader meaning than dabble:

Other hypernyms of dabble include busy.

dabble (verb)	occupy (verb)
dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid	consume all of one's attention or time
bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water	march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
play in or as if in water, as of small children	require (time or space)
work with in an amateurish manner	keep busy with
	assume, as of positions or roles
	live (in a certain place)
	occupy the whole of
	be on the mind of