metier vs occupation

metier and occupation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metier	Yes	No	No	No
occupation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, occupation is a hypernym of metier; that is, occupation is a word with a broader meaning than metier:

Other hypernyms of metier include business, job, line, line of work.

metier (noun)	occupation (noun)
an occupation for which you are especially well suited	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
an asset of special worth or utility	the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
	the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
	any activity that occupies a person's attention
	the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied