1. occupation
What's your occupation?
Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.
I like to do oil painting, but I don't intend to make that my lifelong occupation.
Her occupation is teaching.
My brother has no occupation now.
Mingle your joys sometimes with your earnest occupation.
Creative occupations, like music, sport or theatre bring pleasure.
She lived in Poland during the German occupation.
My mother's occupation was a shop assistant in a department store.
Teaching and medicine are more than occupations, they are professions.
In the space marked "occupation" she wrote "police officer".
When you fill in a form making an application for something or other, what does the question 'what is your occupation?'
The most popular occupation is that of a shop-assistant.
He is engaged in an occupation of his own choice.
2. vocation
Never choose a vocation just because it promises social standing.
Never choose a vocation just because it looks easy.
Never choose a vocation just because your friends are in it, nor refuse another just because your worst enemy is in it.
Don't push your child into any vocation he dislikes.
Never choose a vocation just because it permits the wearing of good clothes.
Never choose a vocation just because it is popular or sounds interesting.
He believed teaching was his real vocation.
I still don't know my vocation! My vocation is a teacher.
I feel I've found/missed my true vocation.
I don't have a vocation for it.
Mike really has a vocation for nursing.
teaching is my vocation
Jan has a vocation for teaching.
Your vocation seemed so strong when you first came to us.
I decided to make medicine my vocation.