stay at vs occupy

stay at and occupy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stay at	No	No	Yes	No
occupy	No	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of stay at include lodge in, reside.

stay at (verb)	occupy (verb)
reside temporarily	consume all of one's attention or time
	march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
	require (time or space)
	keep busy with
	assume, as of positions or roles
	live (in a certain place)
	occupy the whole of
	be on the mind of