dalesman vs occupant

dalesman and occupant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dalesman	Yes	No	No	No
occupant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, occupant is a hypernym of dalesman; that is, occupant is a word with a broader meaning than dalesman:

dalesman: a person who lives in the dales of northern England
occupant: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Other hypernyms of dalesman include occupier, resident.

dalesman (noun)	occupant (noun)
a person who lives in the dales of northern England	someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there