occupy vs dabble

occupy and dabble both are verbs.

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

As verbs, dabble is a hyponym of occupy; that is, dabble is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than occupy:

Other hyponyms of occupy include potter, putter, play around, smatter.

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