different between preoccupation vs vocation

English

Alternative forms

• pre-occupation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupati?. Synchronically analyzable as pre- +? occupation or preoccupy +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
2. The act of occupying something before someone else.

Synonyms

• preoccupancy

Related terms

• preoccupy
• occupation

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin voc?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vo??ke???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v???ke???n/
• Hyphenation: vo?ca?tion

Noun

vocation (countable and uncountable, plural vocations)

1. An inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career; often in response to a perceived summons; a calling.
2. An occupation for which a person is suited, trained or qualified.

Hypernyms

• job
• labour
• occupation
• work

Derived terms

• vocational

Related terms

• vocative

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French vocation, borrowed from Latin voc?ti?, voc?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

Noun

vocation f (plural vocations)

1. vocation (calling)
2. vocation (employment; career; work)

Related terms

• vocal
• vocatif
• voix

Further reading

• “vocation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocatio, vocationem.

Noun

vocation f (oblique plural vocations, nominative singular vocation, nominative plural vocations)

1. call; calling; appeal
2. (specifically, euphemistic) passing away; death; an instance of dying