disorient vs confound

disorient and confound both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disorient	No	No	Yes	No
confound	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, confound is a hypernym of disorient; that is, confound is a word with a broader meaning than disorient:

disorient: cause to be lost or disoriented
confound: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Other hypernyms of disorient include bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw.

disorient (verb)	confound (verb)
cause to be lost or disoriented	mistake one thing for another
	be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly