The difference between Occupy and Swallow

When used as verbs, occupy means to take or use time. to fill time. to possess or use the time or capacity of, whereas swallow means to cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach.

Swallow is also noun with the meaning: a deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

check bellow for the other definitions of Occupy and Swallow

  1. Occupy as a verb (transitive):

    To take or use time. To fill time. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of. To fill or hold (an official position or role). To hold the attention of.

    Examples:

    "The film occupied three hours of my time."

    "The film occupied me for three hours."

    "I occupy myself with gardening for a few hours every day."

    "I occupy the post of deputy cat catcher."

    "I occupied her friend while he made his proposal."

  2. Occupy as a verb (transitive):

    To take or use space. To fill space. To live or reside in. To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory). To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).

    Examples:

    "The historic mansion occupied two city blocks."

  3. Occupy as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To have sexual intercourse with.

  4. Occupy as a verb (obsolete):

    To do business in; to busy oneself with.

  5. Occupy as a verb (obsolete):

    To use; to expend; to make use of.

  1. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

  2. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

  3. Swallow as a verb (intransitive):

    To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

    Examples:

    "My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow."

  4. Swallow as a verb (transitive):

    To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

  5. Swallow as a verb:

    To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

  6. Swallow as a verb:

    To retract; to recant.

    Examples:

    "to swallow one's opinions"

  7. Swallow as a verb:

    To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

    Examples:

    "to swallow an affront or insult"

  1. Swallow as a noun (archaic):

    A deep chasm or abyss in the earth.

  2. Swallow as a noun:

    The amount swallowed in one gulp; the act of swallowing.

    Examples:

    "He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water."

  3. Swallow as a noun (Nigeria):

    Any of various carbohydrate-based dishes that are swallowed without much chewing.

  1. Swallow as a noun:

    A small, migratory bird of the Hirundinidae family with long, pointed, moon-shaped wings and a forked tail which feeds on the wing by catching insects.

  2. Swallow as a noun (nautical):

    The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Ham. Nav. Encyc"

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