occupy vs dwell

occupy and dwell both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of occupy include inhabit, live, populate.

occupy (verb)	dwell (verb)
consume all of one's attention or time	think moodily or anxiously about something
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation	come back to
require (time or space)	be an inhabitant of or reside in
keep busy with	originate (in)
assume, as of positions or roles	exist or be situated within
live (in a certain place)
occupy the whole of
be on the mind of