sojourner vs occupant

sojourner and occupant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sojourner	Yes	No	No	No
occupant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, occupant is a hypernym of sojourner; that is, occupant is a word with a broader meaning than sojourner:

sojourner: a temporary resident
occupant: someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Other hypernyms of sojourner include occupier, resident.

sojourner (noun)	occupant (noun)
a temporary resident	someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there