take up vs occupy

occupy vs take up

take up and occupy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take up	No	No	Yes	No
occupy	No	No	Yes	No

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

take up: take up time or space
occupy: occupy the whole of

Other hypernyms of take up include fill.

take up (verb)	occupy (verb)
pursue or resume	consume all of one's attention or time
return to a previous location or condition	march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
adopt	require (time or space)
take up as if with a sponge	keep busy with
take out or up with or as if with a scoop	assume, as of positions or roles
accept	live (in a certain place)
take in, also metaphorically	occupy the whole of
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption	be on the mind of
occupy or take on
take up and practice as one's own
begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
turn one's interest to
take up time or space

Difference between take up and occupy

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