profession vs occupation

occupation vs profession

profession and occupation both are nouns.

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

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

profession: an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
occupation: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

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

profession (noun)	occupation (noun)
an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)	the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion	the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith	the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
the body of people in a learned occupation	any activity that occupies a person's attention
	the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

Difference between profession and occupation

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