disorient vs discombobulate

disorient and discombobulate both are verbs.

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

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

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

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

disorient (verb)	discombobulate (verb)
cause to be lost or disoriented	be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
	cause to be confused emotionally