occupation vs job

job vs occupation

occupation and job both are nouns.

occupation is not a verb while job is a verb.

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

As nouns, occupation and job are synonyms defined as:

occupation and job: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Other synonyms of occupation include business, line, line of work.

occupation (noun)	job (noun)
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
the act of occupying or taking possession of a building	a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power	a crime (especially a robbery)
any activity that occupies a person's attention	a damaging piece of work
the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied	the responsibility to do something
	the performance of a piece of work
	a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'
	an object worked on; a result produced by working
	(computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
	a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

occupation (verb)	job (verb)
	invest at a risk
	work occasionally
	profit privately from public office and official business
	arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Difference between occupation and job

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