occupy vs eat

occupy and eat both are verbs.

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

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

Other hypernyms of occupy include consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out.

occupy (verb)	eat (verb)
consume all of one's attention or time	cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation	take in solid food
require (time or space)	eat a meal; take a meal
keep busy with	take in food; used of animals only
assume, as of positions or roles	use up (resources or materials)
live (in a certain place)	worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
occupy the whole of
be on the mind of